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Renards is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les renards ("foxes").
MASCULINErenards is the plural of renard
les renards — foxes
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How do you say renards in French?
How do you pronounce renards in French?
renards is pronounced /le 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?
Renards 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 foxes?
The French word for foxes is les renards — masculine.
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