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la terre
earth
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How do you say terre in French?
How do you pronounce terre in French?
terre is pronounced /la tɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La terre fertile produit des récoltes abondantes.
The fertile land produces abundant harvests.
Cette terre rouge est riche en minéraux précieux.
This red earth is rich in precious minerals.
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Why is it feminine?
Terre (earth/land) is feminine because it descends from Latin "terra," which was grammatically feminine in the first declension. This feminine gender persisted through Old French into Modern French. While semantic associations with fertility and motherhood may have reinforced the gender, the feminine gender was primarily preserved through regular sound changes and morphological evolution from Latin.
What is the French word for earth?
The French word for earth is la terre — feminine.
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