🇫🇷 French

fronts

masculine

les fronts

foreheads

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fronts
/le fʁɔ̃/
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How do you say fronts in French?

IPA
/le fʁɔ̃/

How do you pronounce fronts in French?

fronts is pronounced /le fʁɔ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le front large du soldat était couvert de sueur.

The soldier's wide forehead was covered in sweat.

Le front uni des alliés a résisté à l'attaque ennemie.

The united front of the allies resisted the enemy attack.

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Why is it masculine?

Fronts is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin *frons* (nominative), which was a feminine noun meaning forehead or front; the gender was preserved through Old French into Modern French. While Latin *frons* ended in -s, it was part of the third declension and was feminine in gender, not masculine.

What is the French word for foreheads?

The French word for foreheads is les fronts — masculine.

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