🇫🇷 French

siècles

masculine

les siècles

centuries

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siècles
/le sjɛkl/
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How do you say siècles in French?

IPA
/le sjɛkl/

How do you pronounce siècles in French?

siècles is pronounced /le sjɛkl/ in French.

Example sentences

Le siècle dernier a été marqué par deux guerres mondiales.

The last century was marked by two world wars.

Ce siècle nouveau apporte des changements technologiques extraordinaires.

This new century brings extraordinary technological changes.

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Why is it masculine?

Siècles derives from Latin "sæculum," which was neuter in gender, but when Old French adopted the word, it became associated with the masculine "-le" suffix pattern and shifted to masculine gender—a common occurrence when Latin neuter nouns were absorbed into Romance languages that lacked a neuter category.

What is the French word for centuries?

The French word for centuries is les siècles — masculine.

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