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les promesses
promises
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How do you say promesses in French?
How do you pronounce promesses in French?
promesses is pronounced /le pʁɔmɛs/ in French.
Example sentences
La promesse solennelle qu'il a faite était très importante pour sa famille.
The solemn promise he made was very important to his family.
Cette promesse brisée a causé une grande déception chez tous ses amis.
This broken promise caused great disappointment among all his friends.
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Why is it feminine?
Promesses is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "promissa" (feminine past participle of "promittere," meaning "to promise"), which naturally retained its feminine gender when adopted into Old French. This follows the regular pattern where Latin feminine forms ending in -a typically became feminine nouns in -e in French.
What is the French word for promises?
The French word for promises is les promesses — feminine.
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