🇫🇷 French

renard

masculine

le renard

fox

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renard
/lə ʁənaʁ/
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How do you say renard in French?

IPA
/lə ʁənaʁ/

How do you pronounce renard in French?

renard is pronounced /lə ʁənaʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le renard roux a volé une poule dans la ferme.

The red fox stole a chicken from the farm.

Un renard intelligent a creusé un terrier profond sous le bois.

An intelligent fox dug a deep burrow under the woods.

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Why is it masculine?

Renard is masculine because it derives from the Old French proper name Renart (from the Germanic name Reginhard), which became generalized as the common noun for fox and retained the masculine gender of its nominal origin. The term was popularized through the medieval *Roman de Renart* epic, where Renart the fox was the protagonist.

What is the French word for fox?

The French word for fox is le renard — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishzorroelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianvolpe flips!lafeminine

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