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la tour
tower
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How do you say tour in French?
How do you pronounce tour in French?
tour is pronounced /la tuʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La tour Eiffel est très célèbre et elle est impressionnante.
The Eiffel Tower is very famous and it is impressive.
Cette vieille tour médiévale a été restaurée par les architectes locaux.
This old medieval tower was restored by the local architects.
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Why is it feminine?
Tour is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin "turris" (tower), which was feminine in Latin. French retained this grammatical gender through phonetic evolution, where Latin feminine nouns ending in -is typically lost their final consonant, resulting in forms like "tour." The feminine gender persisted through this sound change.
What is the French word for tower?
The French word for tower is la tour — feminine.
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