🇫🇷 French

provinces

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 provinces

provinces

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provinces
/le pʁɔvɛ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say provinces in French?

IPA
/le pʁɔvɛ̃s/

How do you pronounce provinces in French?

provinces is pronounced /le pʁɔvɛ̃s/ in French.

Example sentences

La province française est très agricole et traditionnelle.

The French province is very agricultural and traditional.

Cette petite province côtière attire beaucoup de touristes chaque été.

This small coastal province attracts many tourists every summer.

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Why is it feminine?

Provinces is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *provincia*, which was grammatically feminine in Latin, and French inherited this gender assignment when the word passed into the Romance languages. The Latin root itself likely comes from *pro-* (before/forward) and *vincere* (to conquer), referring to conquered territories administered by Rome.

What is the French word for provinces?

The French word for provinces is les provinces — feminine.

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