🇫🇷 French

rythmes

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masculine

les rythmes

rhythms

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rythmes
/le ʁitm/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rythmes in French?

IPA
/le ʁitm/

How do you pronounce rythmes in French?

rythmes is pronounced /le ʁitm/ in French.

Example sentences

Le rythme rapide de la musique nous a tous énergisés.

The fast rhythm of the music energized us all.

Ce nouveau rythme cardiaque régulier montre que le patient va mieux.

This new regular heartbeat shows that the patient is doing better.

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Why is it masculine?

Rythmes is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "rhythmus" and ultimately from Greek "rhythmos" (ῥυθμός), the explanation oversimplifies the gender assignment. In French, the masculine gender of "rythme" is better explained by the word's ending in "-e" combined with its Latin masculine origin, but French does not consistently preserve Latin grammatical genders. The word is masculine primarily because it was established as such in French usage, not as a systematic rule of retaining Latin genders, since many Latin masculine nouns become feminine in French (e.g., "murus" → "mur" remains masculine, but "amicus" → "ami" is masculine while Latin "rosa" → "rose" is feminine in French).

What is the French word for rhythms?

The French word for rhythms is les rythmes — masculine.

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