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les haricots
beans
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How do you say haricots in French?
How do you pronounce haricots in French?
haricots is pronounced /le aʁiko/ in French.
Example sentences
Le haricot vert est mon légume préféré.
The green bean is my favorite vegetable.
Ce haricot blanc est délicieux dans cette soupe traditionnelle.
This white bean is delicious in this traditional soup.
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Why is it masculine?
Haricots (bean) is masculine. While it does derive from Nahuatl "ayacotl" through Spanish influence in the 16th century, the reason for its masculine gender in French cannot be definitively explained by the rule provided. French gender assignment for borrowed words is often arbitrary and not reliably predicted by the gender of the source word or semantic categories. The masculine gender of "haricot" should be learned as a lexical fact rather than derived from a general rule about food words.
What is the French word for beans?
The French word for beans is les haricots — masculine.
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