🇫🇷 French

journaux

masculine

les journaux

newspapers

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journaux
/le ʒuʁno/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say journaux in French?

IPA
/le ʒuʁno/

How do you pronounce journaux in French?

journaux is pronounced /le ʒuʁno/ in French.

Example sentences

Le journal local est très informatif et ses articles sont toujours intéressants.

The local newspaper is very informative and its articles are always interesting.

Mon ancien journal a été publié dans le magazine national et il a reçu un bon accueil.

My old article/diary was published in the national magazine and it received a good reception.

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Why is it masculine?

Journaux is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "diurnalis" (meaning daily), which was nominalized to "diurnale." In French, nouns ending in "-al" are typically masculine, and "journal" follows this pattern. The masculine gender is consistent with French's treatment of "-al" ending nouns as masculine.

What is the French word for newspapers?

The French word for newspapers is les journaux — masculine.

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