Accordpapillons
les papillons
butterflies
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How do you say papillons in French?
How do you pronounce papillons in French?
papillons is pronounced /le papijɔ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le papillon bleu s'est posé sur la fleur rouge.
The blue butterfly landed on the red flower.
Ce petit papillon noir est très rare et précieux.
This small black butterfly is very rare and precious.
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Why is it masculine?
Papillons (butterfly) is masculine because it derives from the Latin "papilio," which was also masculine, and French retained the grammatical gender of its Latin source word. The Latin term itself may have originated from an onomatopoetic root mimicking the fluttering sound of butterfly wings.
What is the French word for butterflies?
The French word for butterflies is les papillons — masculine.
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