🇫🇷 French

rumeurs

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feminine

les rumeurs

rumors

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rumeurs
/le ʁymœʁ/
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How do you say rumeurs in French?

IPA
/le ʁymœʁ/

How do you pronounce rumeurs in French?

rumeurs is pronounced /le ʁymœʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La rumeur malveillante s'est propagée rapidement dans toute la ville.

The malicious rumor spread quickly throughout the entire city.

Cette rumeur fausse a causé une grande confusion parmi les habitants.

This false rumor caused great confusion among the residents.

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Why is it feminine?

Rumeurs is feminine because it derives from the Latin "rumor" (originally masculine in classical Latin). In Old French, the word evolved to "rumeur" and became feminine, likely due to the productive feminine suffix "-eur" (from Latin "-orem") that was reanalyzed as a feminine ending in French, similar to other feminine nouns like "peur", "fleur", and "douleur". This gender assignment was then inherited by modern French.

What is the French word for rumors?

The French word for rumors is les rumeurs — feminine.

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