🇫🇷 French

témoins

masculine

les témoins

witnesses

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témoins
/le temwɛ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say témoins in French?

IPA
/le temwɛ̃/

How do you pronounce témoins in French?

témoins is pronounced /le temwɛ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le témoin principal a déclaré qu'il avait vu le suspect s'enfuir rapidement.

The main witness declared that he had seen the suspect flee quickly.

Ce témoin courageux a risqué sa propre sécurité pour aider la police.

This courageous witness risked his own safety to help the police.

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Why is it masculine?

Témoins is masculine because it derives from Latin "testis" (witness), which was a masculine noun, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (testis > témoin). The word's gender remained stable even as its semantic field evolved, making it a straightforward case of Latin gender inheritance rather than an exception.

What is the French word for witnesses?

The French word for witnesses is les témoins — masculine.

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