Accordportes
feminine
les portes
doors
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portes
/le pɔʁt/
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How do you say portes in French?
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/le pɔʁt/
How do you pronounce portes in French?
portes is pronounced /le pɔʁt/ in French.
Example sentences
La porte verte est fermée.
The green door is closed.
Cette porte rouge est très grande et très ancienne.
This red door is very large and very old.
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Why is it feminine?
Portes is feminine because it derives from Latin "porta" (feminine noun meaning gate or door), and French retained the feminine gender of its Latin source word. Latin grammatical gender was largely preserved when Romance languages evolved from Vulgar Latin, with the -a ending typically indicating feminine nouns.
What is the French word for doors?
The French word for doors is les portes — feminine.
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