🇫🇷 French

salades

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feminine

les salades

salads

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salades
/le salad/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say salades in French?

IPA
/le salad/

How do you pronounce salades in French?

salades is pronounced /le salad/ in French.

Example sentences

La salade verte que j'ai préparée était délicieuse.

The green salad that I prepared was delicious. (feminine adjective 'verte' and feminine past participle 'préparée' agree with 'salade')

Cette salade méditerranéenne est ma favorite.

This Mediterranean salad is my favorite. (feminine demonstrative 'Cette' and feminine adjective 'méditerranéenne' and feminine adjective 'favorite' all agree with 'salade')

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Why is it feminine?

Salades is feminine because it derives from the Old French "salade," which comes from the Latin "salata" (feminine noun, the past participle of "salare" meaning "to salt"), and French inherited the feminine gender from this Latin root. The feminine ending "-a" in Latin regularly became feminine "-e" in Old French, preserving the original gender.

What is the French word for salads?

The French word for salads is les salades — feminine.

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