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feminine
les marées
tides
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/le maʁe/
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How do you say marées in French?
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/le maʁe/
How do you pronounce marées in French?
marées is pronounced /le maʁe/ in French.
Example sentences
La marée montante est très forte aujourd'hui.
The rising tide is very strong today.
La marée basse a révélé des rochers cachés.
The low tide revealed hidden rocks.
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Why is it feminine?
Marées is feminine because it derives from Latin "marea," which was already feminine in gender. The Latin -a ending typically marks first declension nouns, which were predominantly feminine in Latin and Romance languages. This feminine gender was preserved through Old French into modern French.
What is the French word for tides?
The French word for tides is les marées — feminine.
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