🇫🇷 French

montagnes

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feminine

les montagnes

mountains

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montagnes
/le mɔ̃taɲ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say montagnes in French?

IPA
/le mɔ̃taɲ/

How do you pronounce montagnes in French?

montagnes is pronounced /le mɔ̃taɲ/ in French.

Example sentences

La montagne est très haute et majestueuse.

The mountain is very tall and majestic (feminine agreement on adjectives: haute, majestueuse).

Cette ancienne montagne a été formée il y a des millions d'années.

This old mountain was formed millions of years ago (feminine agreement on demonstrative and adjective: cette, ancienne).

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Why is it feminine?

Montagnes is feminine because it derives from Latin "montanea" (a feminine adjective form meaning "mountainous"), which became a noun in Romance languages; the -agne ending in French typically preserves feminine gender from Latin feminine forms ending in -a or -aea.

What is the French word for mountains?

The French word for mountains is les montagnes — feminine.

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