🇫🇷 French

places

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

les places

places

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places
/le plas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say places in French?

IPA
/le plas/

How do you pronounce places in French?

places is pronounced /le plas/ in French.

Example sentences

La place publique était bondée de manifestants.

The public square was crowded with protesters.

Cette petite place pittoresque était ma favorite.

This small picturesque square was my favorite.

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Why is it feminine?

Places is feminine in French because it derives from Latin *platea*, which was feminine, ultimately from Greek *plateia* (broad street); French retained the feminine gender of its Latin source word. This is a straightforward case of gender inheritance rather than following a productive morphological rule.

What is the French word for places?

The French word for places is les places — feminine.

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