🇫🇷 French

matchs

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 matchs

matches

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matchs
/le matʃ/
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How do you say matchs in French?

IPA
/le matʃ/

How do you pronounce matchs in French?

matchs is pronounced /le matʃ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le match était très excitant et tous les spectateurs ont applaudi le résultat final.

The match was very exciting and all the spectators applauded the final result.

Ce match important a été remporté par notre équipe grâce à un but magnifique.

This important match was won by our team thanks to a magnificent goal.

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Why is it masculine?

Matchs is masculine in French (un match) because it's a borrowed English word adopted in the late 19th century, and French typically assigns masculine gender to foreign loanwords, particularly those from English sports terminology. Like most English borrowings, it retained masculine gender by default rather than following the gender patterns of native French words.

What is the French word for matches?

The French word for matches is les matchs — masculine.

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