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le sable
sand
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How do you say sable in French?
How do you pronounce sable in French?
sable is pronounced /lə sabl/ in French.
Example sentences
Le sable doré de cette plage est très fin et agréable.
The golden sand of this beach is very fine and pleasant.
Ce sable blanc était autrefois noir, mais il a changé de couleur.
This white sand was once black, but it changed color.
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Why is it masculine?
Sable is masculine in French. While it does derive from Latin "sabulum" (sand/gravel), the gender assignment in Old French was not exceptional or unpredictable. The word followed a regular pattern: Latin neuter nouns ending in -um typically became masculine in French when the two-gender system developed. This was a systematic phonetic and morphological change rather than an anomaly.
What is the French word for sand?
The French word for sand is le sable — masculine.
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