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le sucre
sugar
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How do you say sucre in French?
How do you pronounce sucre in French?
sucre is pronounced /lə sykʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le sucre blanc est plus pur que le sucre brun.
White sugar is purer than brown sugar. (The masculine adjective 'blanc' and article 'le' mark sucre as masculine)
Ce sucre cristallisé est excellent pour mes gâteaux.
This crystallized sugar is excellent for my cakes. (The masculine demonstrative 'ce' and masculine adjective 'cristallisé' agree with the masculine noun sucre)
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Why is it masculine?
Sucre is masculine because it derives from Latin "saccharum" (borrowed from Greek "sakcharon"), which was masculine in gender. French retained this grammatical gender through normal phonetic evolution. The word traveled through Old French as a masculine noun and has remained so, following the typical pattern of Latin masculine nouns ending in -um that became French words ending in -e.
What is the French word for sugar?
The French word for sugar is le sucre — masculine.
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