🇫🇷 French

leçons

feminine

les leçons

lessons

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leçons
/le ləsɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say leçons in French?

IPA
/le ləsɔ̃/

How do you pronounce leçons in French?

leçons is pronounced /le ləsɔ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

La leçon difficile d'aujourd'hui m'a vraiment fatiguée.

Today's difficult lesson really tired me out.

Cette nouvelle leçon est très intéressante et je l'ai trouvée passionnante.

This new lesson is very interesting and I found it fascinating.

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Why is it feminine?

Leçons is feminine because it derives from the Latin "lectio" (a reading or lesson), which belonged to the third declension feminine nouns in Latin, a gender that was typically preserved when Latin words entered Old French. Like many French nouns ending in "-tion," it retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the French word for lessons?

The French word for lessons is les leçons — feminine.

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