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How do you say fourmi in French?
How do you pronounce fourmi in French?
fourmi is pronounced /la fuʁmi/ in French.
Example sentences
La fourmi rousse est très travailleuse et organise sa colonie avec précision.
The red ant is very hardworking and organizes her colony with precision.
Cette petite fourmi noire a découvert une nouvelle source de nourriture pour sa reine.
This small black ant discovered a new food source for her queen.
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Why is it feminine?
Fourmi is feminine because it derives from Latin "formica," which was grammatically feminine in Latin, and French inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself. Like many French nouns, its gender follows the gender of its Latin ancestor rather than any phonetic rule.
What is the French word for ant?
The French word for ant is la fourmi — feminine.
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