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les rues
streets
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How do you say rues in French?
How do you pronounce rues in French?
rues is pronounced /le ʁy/ in French.
Example sentences
La rue principale de notre ville est très ancienne et pittoresque.
The main street of our town is very old and picturesque.
Cette rue étroite nous a menés à une belle découverte.
This narrow street led us to a beautiful discovery.
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Why is it feminine?
Rues (street) is feminine. While it does derive from Latin "ruga" (wrinkle, furrow), which was feminine, the connection to "furrowed paths" is speculative. The feminine gender is more reliably explained by the regular pattern: French nouns ending in "-ue" are typically feminine (e.g., vue, statue, vertu), and "rue" follows this standard pattern.
What is the French word for streets?
The French word for streets is les rues — feminine.
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