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Gants is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les gants ("gloves").
MASCULINEgants is the plural of gant
les gants — gloves
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How do you pronounce gants in French?
gants is pronounced /le ɡɑ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le gant noir est tombé sur la table.
The black glove fell on the table.
J'ai trouvé un gant bleu magnifique au marché.
I found a magnificent blue glove at the market.
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Why is it masculine?
Gants (glove) is masculine. The word derives from Old French "gant," which comes from Germanic origins (likely related to Old High German "want"). The masculine gender assignment in French reflects the masculine grammatical gender of its Germanic source word, a pattern common when French borrowed vocabulary from Germanic languages during the Middle Ages.
What is the French word for gloves?
The French word for gloves is les gants — masculine.
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