Accordmétro
le métro
subway
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How do you say métro in French?
How do you pronounce métro in French?
métro is pronounced /lə metʁo/ in French.
Example sentences
Le métro parisien est très ancien et complexe.
The Parisian metro is very old and complex.
Ce métro bondé était complètement fermé ce matin.
This crowded metro was completely closed this morning.
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Why is it masculine?
Métro is masculine because it's a shortened form of "métropolitain," which functioned as a noun (le métropolitain = the metropolitan railway). When French shortens words, the shortened form typically retains the gender of the original word. The word derives from Latin "metropolitanus," from Greek "metropolitēs" (of the mother city), ultimately from "mētēr" (mother) and "polis" (city).
What is the French word for subway?
The French word for subway is le métro — masculine.
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