🇫🇷 French

instruments

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les instruments

instruments

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instruments
/lez ɛ̃stʁymɑ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say instruments in French?

IPA
/lez ɛ̃stʁymɑ̃/

How do you pronounce instruments in French?

instruments is pronounced /lez ɛ̃stʁymɑ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

L'instrument musical est très ancien et précieux.

The musical instrument is very old and precious.

L'instrument chirurgical doit être stérilisé avant chaque opération.

The surgical instrument must be sterilized before each operation.

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Why is it masculine?

Instruments is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin noun "instrumentum," which was masculine in the third declension (not second), and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and morphological evolution.

What is the French word for instruments?

The French word for instruments is les instruments — masculine.

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