🇫🇷 French

magazines

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les magazines

magazines

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magazines
/le maɡazin/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say magazines in French?

IPA
/le maɡazin/

How do you pronounce magazines in French?

magazines is pronounced /le maɡazin/ in French.

Example sentences

Le magazine français que j'ai acheté hier est très intéressant.

The French magazine that I bought yesterday is very interesting.

Ce nouveau magazine sportif a reçu un prix prestigieux pour son contenu excellent.

This new sports magazine received a prestigious prize for its excellent content.

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Why is it masculine?

Magazines is masculine in French. While it does derive from Italian "magazzino" (warehouse), which ultimately comes from Arabic "makhzan" (storehouse), the explanation for why it retained masculine gender is speculative. In reality, "magazine" is masculine in French simply because it is—this is a lexical fact rather than following a predictable pattern based on its etymology or semantic field. Many French nouns ending in "-ine" are feminine (e.g., "magazine" should actually be noted as an exception), but "magazine" is one of the masculine nouns ending in this suffix, making it an idiomatic exception that cannot be reliably predicted by rule.

What is the French word for magazines?

The French word for magazines is les magazines — masculine.

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