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la route
road
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How do you say route in French?
How do you pronounce route in French?
route is pronounced /la ʁut/ in French.
Example sentences
La route nationale est très dangereuse pendant l'hiver.
The national road is very dangerous during winter.
Cette vieille route était complètement abandonnée et devenue impraticable.
This old road was completely abandoned and had become impassable.
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Why is it feminine?
Route is feminine in French because it descends from the Latin feminine noun "rupta" (feminine past participle of "rumpere," meaning "broken" or "broken way"), which referred to a path broken or cleared through the landscape. The feminine gender was preserved through the phonetic evolution from Latin to Old French and into Modern French.
What is the French word for road?
The French word for road is la route — feminine.
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