🇫🇷 French

maris

masculine

les maris

husbands

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maris
/le maʁi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say maris in French?

IPA
/le maʁi/

How do you pronounce maris in French?

maris is pronounced /le maʁi/ in French.

Example sentences

Le mari est très heureux d'avoir un fils.

The husband is very happy to have a son.

Mon mari intelligent a résolu ce problème difficile.

My intelligent husband solved this difficult problem.

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Why is it masculine?

Maris (husband) is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "maritus" (married man/husband), which carried masculine gender in Latin's grammatical system, and French inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself. This is a straightforward case of gender preservation from Latin rather than following any productive French rule.

What is the French word for husbands?

The French word for husbands is les maris — masculine.

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