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le sel
salt
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How do you say sel in French?
How do you pronounce sel in French?
sel is pronounced /lə sɛl/ in French.
Example sentences
Le sel blanc est essentiel pour la cuisine.
The white salt is essential for cooking.
Ce sel iodé est meilleur pour la santé.
This iodized salt is better for health.
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Why is it masculine?
Sel (salt) is masculine because it derives from Latin "sal," which was masculine in the third declension (not second). French retained this grammatical gender through the regular sound changes of Latin to French, including the loss of the final consonant. This gender assignment was inherited from Latin and is not based on any productive phonetic or morphological pattern in modern French.
What is the French word for salt?
The French word for salt is le sel — masculine.
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