🇫🇷 French

vallée

feminine

la vallée

valley

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vallée
/la vale/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vallée in French?

IPA
/la vale/

How do you pronounce vallée in French?

vallée is pronounced /la vale/ in French.

Example sentences

La vallée verdoyante s'étend entre deux montagnes majestueuses.

The lush valley stretches between two majestic mountains.

Cette vallée profonde et isolée était autrefois habitée par des bergers nomades.

This deep and isolated valley was once inhabited by nomadic shepherds.

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Why is it feminine?

Vallée is feminine because it derives from Latin "vallis" (valley), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender when the word evolved. This is a straightforward case of gender inheritance from Latin rather than an exception.

What is the French word for valley?

The French word for valley is la vallée — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishvalle flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevale flips!omasculine

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