🇫🇷 French

noirs

masculine

les noirs

blacks

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noirs
/le nwaʁ/
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How do you say noirs in French?

IPA
/le nwaʁ/

How do you pronounce noirs in French?

noirs is pronounced /le nwaʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le noir est une couleur élégante et sophistiquée.

Black is an elegant and sophisticated color.

Ce noir profond du ciel nocturne est magnifique.

This deep black of the night sky is magnificent.

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Why is it masculine?

Noirs is masculine because it derives from Latin "nigrum" (the neuter accusative singular form of "niger"), which became masculine in French. While Latin "niger" had masculine, feminine, and neuter forms, the accusative "nigrum" evolved into the French masculine adjective "noir" through regular phonetic changes. French adjectives inherited their gender from Latin, and "noir" retained masculine gender through this Romance language evolution.

What is the French word for blacks?

The French word for blacks is les noirs — masculine.

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