🇫🇷 French

homard

masculine

l' homard

lobster

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homard
/lɔmaʁ/
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How do you say homard in French?

IPA
/lɔmaʁ/

How do you pronounce homard in French?

homard is pronounced /lɔmaʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le homard frais que j'ai acheté ce matin est délicieux.

The fresh lobster that I bought this morning is delicious.

Ce homard vivant est très cher, mais il est le meilleur du marché.

This live lobster is very expensive, but it is the best one in the market.

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Why is it masculine?

Homard is masculine because it derives from Old Norse "húmarr," which was borrowed into Old French as a masculine noun, and French retained this grammatical gender from its Germanic source language. The word entered French through Norman contact with Scandinavian traders, preserving the masculine classification it had in its original language.

What is the French word for lobster?

The French word for lobster is l' homard — masculine.

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