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le four
oven
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How do you say four in French?
How do you pronounce four in French?
four is pronounced /lə fuʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le four est très chaud aujourd'hui; je dois être prudent quand j'ouvre la porte du four.
The oven is very hot today; I must be careful when I open the oven door.
Mon ancien four a enfin cessé de fonctionner, alors j'ai acheté un nouveau four moderne.
My old oven finally stopped working, so I bought a new modern oven.
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Why is it masculine?
Four (meaning oven/furnace) is masculine because it derives from Latin "furnus," which was masculine in gender, and French inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. Like many French nouns, its gender simply reflects the gender assignment of its Latin ancestor.
What is the French word for oven?
The French word for oven is le four — masculine.
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