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How do you say train in French?
How do you pronounce train in French?
train is pronounced /lə tʁɛ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le train rapide arrive à la gare.
The fast train arrives at the station. (masculine adjective 'rapide' agrees with masculine noun 'train'; masculine article 'le' required)
Mon ancien train de jouet était bleu et blanc.
My old toy train was blue and white. (masculine possessive adjective 'mon' and masculine adjective 'ancien' must agree with masculine 'train'; feminine would be 'ma' and 'ancienne')
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Why is it masculine?
Train is masculine in French. While the word does derive from Old French "train" (meaning a procession or retinue), the etymology and gender assignment are not clearly connected through the mechanism described. The masculine gender is simply an inherent property of this noun in French, as with many common nouns whose gender must be learned as part of vocabulary acquisition rather than derived from predictable etymological rules.
What is the French word for train?
The French word for train is le train — masculine.
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