🇫🇷 French

stades

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masculine

les stades

stadiums

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stades
/le stad/
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How do you say stades in French?

IPA
/le stad/

How do you pronounce stades in French?

stades is pronounced /le stad/ in French.

Example sentences

Le stade municipal est très grand et accueille tous les matchs importants de la ville.

The municipal stadium is very large and hosts all the city's important matches.

Ce stade olympique ancien a été complètement rénové pour les nouvelles compétitions.

This old Olympic stadium was completely renovated for the new competitions.

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Why is it masculine?

Stades is masculine because it derives from Latin "stadium," which was masculine in Latin grammar, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and inheritance patterns. The word originally referred to an ancient Greek unit of length and later a racing track, coming ultimately from Greek "stadion."

What is the French word for stadiums?

The French word for stadiums is les stades — masculine.

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