🇫🇷 French

légumes

masculine

les légumes

vegetables

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légumes
/le leɡym/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say légumes in French?

IPA
/le leɡym/

How do you pronounce légumes in French?

légumes is pronounced /le leɡym/ in French.

Example sentences

Le légume frais que j'ai acheté ce matin est délicieux.

The fresh vegetable that I bought this morning is delicious.

Ce légume vert est riche en vitamines et très bon pour la santé.

This green vegetable is rich in vitamins and very good for health.

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Why is it masculine?

Légumes is masculine because it derives from the Latin "legumen," which was grammatically neuter in Latin but became masculine when adopted into Old French, following the general pattern where Latin neuter nouns typically shifted to masculine gender in Romance languages.

What is the French word for vegetables?

The French word for vegetables is les légumes — masculine.

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