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Tigres is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les tigres ("tigers").
MASCULINEtigres is the plural of tigre
les tigres — tigers
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How do you say tigres in French?
How do you pronounce tigres in French?
tigres is pronounced /le tiɡʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le tigre bengali est plus grand que la tigresse bengale.
The Bengal tiger (male) is larger than the Bengal tigress (female).
Ce tigre noir et magnifique a été capturé par les chercheurs.
This black and magnificent tiger (male) was captured by researchers.
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Why is it masculine?
Tigres is masculine in French. While it does derive from Latin "tigris," which was borrowed from Greek "tigris" (τίγρις), the gender assignment in French is better explained by the word's Latin origin as a masculine noun (tigris, -is) and the general pattern that most French nouns ending in -e that come from Latin masculine nouns of the third declension tend to retain masculine gender, despite the -e ending often being associated with feminine nouns in modern French.
What is the French word for tigers?
The French word for tigers is les tigres — masculine.
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