Accordheures
les heures
hours
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How do you say heures in French?
How do you pronounce heures in French?
heures is pronounced /le œʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La première heure de la journée est toujours la plus calme.
The first hour of the day is always the most peaceful.
Quelle heure est-il? Il est trois heures et demie.
What time is it? It is half past three.
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Why is it feminine?
Heures is feminine because it derives from the Latin "hora," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (the Latin -a ending typically became feminine -e in French). The word ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-European roots related to "season" or "time of year," but the feminine gender was already established in Latin.
What is the French word for hours?
The French word for hours is les heures — feminine.
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