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Pièces is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les pièces ("coins").
FEMININEpièces is the plural of pièce
les pièces — coins
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How do you say pièces in French?
How do you pronounce pièces in French?
pièces is pronounced /le pjɛs/ in French.
Example sentences
La pièce principale de notre maison est très spacieuse et lumineuse.
The main room of our house is very spacious and bright.
Cette vieille pièce de monnaie est précieuse et rare.
This old coin is precious and rare.
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Why is it feminine?
Pièces is feminine because it derives from the Latin "pettia" (a piece or scrap of cloth), which was a feminine noun. French preserved this grammatical gender from Latin, as is typical for most Romance language nouns. The feminine ending "-e" in Modern French also aligns with the feminine gender classification.
What is the French word for coins?
The French word for coins is les pièces — feminine.
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