🇫🇷 French

rivières

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feminine

les rivières

rivers

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rivières
/le ʁivjɛʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rivières in French?

IPA
/le ʁivjɛʁ/

How do you pronounce rivières in French?

rivières is pronounced /le ʁivjɛʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La rivière est très profonde et dangereuse pour les enfants qui veulent y nager.

The river is very deep and dangerous for children who want to swim in it.

Cette petite rivière coule rapidement à travers la forêt dense et nourrit tous les animaux sauvages.

This small river flows quickly through the dense forest and feeds all the wild animals.

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Why is it feminine?

Rivières is feminine because it derives from Latin "riparia" (feminine noun meaning "riverbank" or "riverside land"), which retained its feminine gender when adopted into Old French and modern French. The feminine ending "-ière" in French also reinforces this gender classification.

What is the French word for rivers?

The French word for rivers is les rivières — feminine.

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