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Justices is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les justices ("justices").
FEMININEjustices is the plural of justice
les justices — justices
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How do you say justices in French?
How do you pronounce justices in French?
justices is pronounced /le ʒystis/ in French.
Example sentences
La justice française est réputée très rigoureuse et impartiale.
French justice is reputed to be very rigorous and impartial. (The feminine adjectives 'française' and 'impartiale' agree with the feminine noun 'justice')
Cette nouvelle justice est plus accessible et transparente pour tous les citoyens.
This new justice is more accessible and transparent for all citizens. (The feminine adjectives 'nouvelle', 'accessible', and 'transparente' agree with the feminine noun 'justice')
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Why is it feminine?
Justices is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *iustitia*, which was grammatically feminine as a first-declension Latin noun ending in *-ia*—a suffix that typically produced feminine nouns in both Latin and the Romance languages that inherited them. This Latin feminine gender was preserved through Old French and into Modern French, where most *-ia*/-*-ice* nouns remain feminine.
What is the French word for justices?
The French word for justices is les justices — feminine.
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