🇫🇷 French

pensées

feminine

les pensées

thoughts

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pensées
/le pɑ̃se/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pensées in French?

IPA
/le pɑ̃se/

How do you pronounce pensées in French?

pensées is pronounced /le pɑ̃se/ in French.

Example sentences

La pensée profonde de la philosophe a changé le monde.

The profound thought of the female philosopher changed the world.

Sa pensée créative était remarquable et inspirante pour tous ses étudiants.

Her creative thought was remarkable and inspiring to all her students.

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Why is it feminine?

Pensées is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "pensata" (past participle of "pensare," to think, used as a noun), which naturally carried feminine gender into Old French and Modern French. The -ée ending in French typically marks feminine nouns, reinforcing this inherited gender from Latin.

What is the French word for thoughts?

The French word for thoughts is les pensées — feminine.

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