🇫🇷 French

roses

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 roses

roses

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roses
/le ʁoz/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say roses in French?

IPA
/le ʁoz/

How do you pronounce roses in French?

roses is pronounced /le ʁoz/ in French.

Example sentences

La rose rouge est plus belle que la rose blanche.

The red rose is more beautiful than the white rose.

Cette rose ancienne a été offerte par ma grand-mère généreuse.

This old rose was given by my generous grandmother.

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Why is it feminine?

Roses is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "rosa," which was feminine in Latin and retained that gender through the Romance language evolution. Gender assignment in Romance languages generally followed Latin grammatical gender, with -a endings typically remaining feminine.

What is the French word for roses?

The French word for roses is les roses — feminine.

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