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l' île
island
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How do you say île in French?
How do you pronounce île in French?
île is pronounced /lil/ in French.
Example sentences
L'île française est très ancienne et célèbre dans toute l'Europe.
The French island is very old and famous throughout Europe.
Cette petite île isolée a une histoire mystérieuse et fascinante.
This small isolated island has a mysterious and fascinating history.
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Why is it feminine?
Île is feminine because it descends from Latin "insula," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (insula → isle → île). The feminine gender followed the word through its phonetic evolution into modern French.
What is the French word for island?
The French word for island is l' île — feminine.
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