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le poivre
pepper
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How do you say poivre in French?
How do you pronounce poivre in French?
poivre is pronounced /lə pwavʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le poivre noir est plus piquant que le poivre blanc.
Black pepper is spicier than white pepper.
Ce poivre français est excellent pour mes plats.
This French pepper is excellent for my dishes.
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Why is it masculine?
Poivre is masculine because it derives from Latin "piper," which was a masculine noun, and French inherited this grammatical gender through sound changes that obscured the Latin ending. The word's gender was preserved despite the loss of the final "r" sound in French pronunciation, making it an inherited gender rather than one determined by modern French morphology.
What is the French word for pepper?
The French word for pepper is le poivre — masculine.
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