🇫🇷 French

golfes

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les golfes

gulfs

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golfes
/le ɡɔlf/
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How do you say golfes in French?

IPA
/le ɡɔlf/

How do you pronounce golfes in French?

golfes is pronounced /le ɡɔlf/ in French.

Example sentences

Le golfe Persique est un important golfe stratégique pour le commerce mondial.

The Persian Gulf is an important strategic gulf for world commerce.

Ce golfe profond attire les navires commerciaux et les touristes aventureux.

This deep gulf attracts commercial ships and adventurous tourists.

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Why is it masculine?

Golfes is masculine because it derives from Latin "golfus," which itself comes from Greek "kolpos" (κόλπος), meaning bay or gulf—a word that was masculine in Latin and retained that gender when borrowed into French and other Romance languages. Gender assignment in Romance languages often follows the gender of the Latin source word, so "golfe" inherited the masculine gender from its classical roots.

What is the French word for gulfs?

The French word for gulfs is les golfes — masculine.

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