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les mères
mothers
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How do you say mères in French?
How do you pronounce mères in French?
mères is pronounced /le mɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La mère est très occupée aujourd'hui.
The mother is very busy today. (feminine article 'la' and adjective 'occupée' with -e ending agree with feminine noun)
Ma mère a acheté une nouvelle robe bleue pour son anniversaire.
My mother bought a new blue dress for her birthday. (possessive 'ma' for feminine, adjectives 'nouvelle' and 'bleue' with -e ending agree with feminine noun)
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Why is it feminine?
Mères (mother) is feminine because it descends from Latin "mater," which was grammatically feminine in the first declension, and French inherited this gender assignment along with the word itself. The feminine gender aligns with the biological sex of the referent, a pattern that holds for most family relation words in Romance languages.
What is the French word for mothers?
The French word for mothers is les mères — feminine.
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