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les olives
olives
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How do you say olives in French?
How do you pronounce olives in French?
olives is pronounced /le ɔliv/ in French.
Example sentences
L'olive verte que j'ai cueillie ce matin est délicieuse.
The green olive that I picked this morning is delicious.
Cette olive noire est trop salée pour être mangée seule.
This black olive is too salty to be eaten alone.
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Why is it feminine?
Olives is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "oliva," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor. The Latin term itself likely came from a Semitic source, but the feminine gender was established in Latin and passed down through Romance language evolution.
What is the French word for olives?
The French word for olives is les olives — feminine.
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