🇫🇷 French

homards

masculine

les homards

lobsters

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homards
/le ɔmaʁ/
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How do you say homards in French?

IPA
/le ɔmaʁ/

How do you pronounce homards in French?

homards is pronounced /le ɔmaʁ/ 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?

Homards 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 lobsters?

The French word for lobsters is les homards — masculine.

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