🇫🇷 French

pins

masculine

les pins

pines

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pins
/le pɛ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pins in French?

IPA
/le pɛ̃/

How do you pronounce pins in French?

pins is pronounced /le pɛ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le pin est un arbre très grand et majestueux.

The pine is a very tall and majestic tree.

Ce pin ancien a été planté par mon grand-père il y a cinquante ans.

This old pine was planted by my grandfather fifty years ago.

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Why is it masculine?

Pins (pine tree) is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "pinus," which was also masculine, following the pattern of Latin second-declension masculine nouns ending in -us that typically became masculine nouns in Romance languages. This gender assignment was inherited directly from Latin and has persisted through centuries of linguistic evolution.

What is the French word for pines?

The French word for pines is les pins — masculine.

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