🇫🇷 French

plages

feminine

les plages

beaches

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plages
/le plaʒ/
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How do you say plages in French?

IPA
/le plaʒ/

How do you pronounce plages in French?

plages is pronounced /le plaʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

La plage était magnifique avec ses sables dorés et ses vagues cristallines.

The beach was magnificent with its golden sands and crystalline waves.

Cette petite plage cachée était si tranquille que nous l'avons appelée notre plage secrète.

This small hidden beach was so peaceful that we called it our secret beach.

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Why is it feminine?

Plages is feminine because it derives from the Latin "plaga" (a flat, broad surface or region), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The word's feminine form was reinforced by the -e ending in French, which typically marks feminine nouns.

What is the French word for beaches?

The French word for beaches is les plages — feminine.

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