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Piscines is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les piscines ("swimming pools").
FEMININEpiscines is the plural of piscine
les piscines — swimming pools
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How do you say piscines in French?
How do you pronounce piscines in French?
piscines is pronounced /le pisin/ in French.
Example sentences
La piscine municipale est grande et moderne.
The municipal swimming pool is large and modern. (feminine adjectives: grande, moderne agree with la piscine)
Cette piscine olympique est très profonde et bien entretenue.
This Olympic swimming pool is very deep and well-maintained. (feminine adjectives: profonde, entretenue agree with piscine; demonstrative cette is feminine)
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Why is it feminine?
Piscines is feminine because it derives from the Latin "piscina" (feminine noun meaning a fish pond or basin), and French inherited the feminine gender of its Latin source word. The Latin feminine ending "-a" was typically preserved in French as "-e," maintaining the original gender classification.
What is the French word for swimming pools?
The French word for swimming pools is les piscines — feminine.
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