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les nez
noses
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How do you say nez in French?
How do you pronounce nez in French?
nez is pronounced /le ne/ in French.
Example sentences
Le nez rouge du clown était très amusant.
The clown's red nose was very amusing.
Son petit nez pointu lui donnait un air espiègle.
His small pointed nose gave him a mischievous look.
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Why is it masculine?
Nez is masculine because it derives from the Latin "nasus," which was masculine, and French retained the grammatical gender of its Latin ancestor along with a sound change that dropped the final syllable. This is typical of how French inherited gender from Latin rather than following any particular phonetic rule based on modern French endings.
What is the French word for noses?
The French word for noses is les nez — masculine.
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