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le nombre
number
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How do you say nombre in French?
How do you pronounce nombre in French?
nombre is pronounced /lə nɔ̃bʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le nombre total des étudiants est très grand.
The total number of students is very large.
Un nombre premier est divisible uniquement par un et par lui-même.
A prime number is divisible only by one and by itself.
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Why is it masculine?
Nombre is masculine because it derives from Latin "numerus," which was masculine in the second declension, and French retained this gender assignment when the word evolved phonetically. The Latin masculine ending -us typically produced masculine nouns in French, even though the final -s was eventually dropped.
What is the French word for number?
The French word for number is le nombre — masculine.
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