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le pain
bread
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How do you say pain in French?
How do you pronounce pain in French?
pain is pronounced /lə pɛ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le pain complet est meilleur pour la santé que le pain blanc.
Whole bread is better for health than white bread.
Ce pain frais a été cuit ce matin par le boulanger français.
This fresh bread was baked this morning by the French baker.
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Why is it masculine?
Pain (bread) is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "panis," which was masculine in gender—a gender assignment that carried over into Romance languages. The Latin masculine ending and the word's lack of a feminine-forming suffix (-e, -a, -tion, etc.) preserved its masculine classification through the evolution from Latin to Old French to Modern French.
What is the French word for bread?
The French word for bread is le pain — masculine.
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