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le laurier
bay leaf
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How do you say laurier in French?
How do you pronounce laurier in French?
laurier is pronounced /lə loʁje/ in French.
Example sentences
Le laurier vert pousse rapidement dans notre jardin méditerranéen.
The green laurel grows quickly in our Mediterranean garden.
Ce beau laurier ancien a remporté le prix du plus vieil arbre du village.
This beautiful ancient laurel won the prize for the oldest tree in the village.
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Why is it masculine?
Laurier is masculine because it derives from Latin "laurus" (the laurel tree), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender through normal sound changes and transmission. The word's gender follows the standard pattern of inherited Latin masculine nouns ending in -us that became French words ending in -ier.
What is the French word for bay leaf?
The French word for bay leaf is le laurier — masculine.
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