🇫🇷 French

monnaies

feminine

les monnaies

currencies

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monnaies
/le mɔnɛ/
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How do you say monnaies in French?

IPA
/le mɔnɛ/

How do you pronounce monnaies in French?

monnaies is pronounced /le mɔnɛ/ in French.

Example sentences

La monnaie française était très ancienne avant l'introduction de l'euro.

French currency was very old before the introduction of the euro.

Cette monnaie étrangère est difficile à échanger dans notre petite ville.

This foreign currency is difficult to exchange in our small town.

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Why is it feminine?

Monnaies is feminine because it derives from the Latin "moneta," which was feminine in Latin and referred originally to the goddess Juno Moneta, in whose temple Roman coins were minted. The gender was preserved as the word evolved through Old French into modern French.

What is the French word for currencies?

The French word for currencies is les monnaies — feminine.

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