🇫🇷 French

sommets

masculine

les sommets

summits

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sommets
/le sɔmɛ/
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How do you say sommets in French?

IPA
/le sɔmɛ/

How do you pronounce sommets in French?

sommets is pronounced /le sɔmɛ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le sommet enneigé du Mont-Blanc est spectaculaire.

The snow-covered peak of Mont-Blanc is spectacular. (masculine adjective 'enneigé' agrees with masculine noun 'sommet')

Ce sommet politique important a réuni tous les dirigeants européens.

This important political summit brought together all European leaders. (masculine adjectives 'politique' and 'important' must agree with masculine 'sommet')

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Why is it masculine?

Sommets is masculine. It derives from Latin "summum" (neuter), which shifted to masculine gender following the general Romance language pattern where Latin neuter nouns typically became masculine in French. The word entered Old French as a masculine noun and has remained masculine in Modern French.

What is the French word for summits?

The French word for summits is les sommets — masculine.

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