🇫🇷 French

lunes

feminine

les lunes

moons

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lunes
/le lyn/
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How do you say lunes in French?

IPA
/le lyn/

How do you pronounce lunes in French?

lunes is pronounced /le lyn/ in French.

Example sentences

La lune est magnifique ce soir.

The moon is magnificent tonight.

Cette belle lune illumine la nuit noire.

This beautiful moon illuminates the dark night.

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Why is it feminine?

Lunes is feminine because it derives from Latin *luna*, which was feminine in gender due to the ancient association of the moon with feminine deities like Luna and Diana, a gendered classification that Romance languages inherited directly.

What is the French word for moons?

The French word for moons is les lunes — feminine.

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