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Ours is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les ours ("bears").
MASCULINEours is the plural of ours
les ours — bears
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How do you say ours in French?
How do you pronounce ours in French?
ours is pronounced /lez uʁs/ in French.
Example sentences
L'ours brun est très grand et puissant.
The brown bear is very large and powerful.
L'ours polaire que j'ai vu au zoo était impressionnant.
The polar bear that I saw at the zoo was impressive.
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Why is it masculine?
Ours (bear) is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "ursus," which was grammatically masculine, and French retained the gender of its Latin ancestor through regular sound changes. The Latin word itself was masculine likely because the animal was culturally coded as male in Indo-European tradition, though the precise historical reason is unclear.
What is the French word for bears?
The French word for bears is les ours — masculine.
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