🇫🇷 French

vallées

feminine

les vallées

valleys

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vallées
/le vale/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vallées in French?

IPA
/le vale/

How do you pronounce vallées in French?

vallées is pronounced /le 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?

Vallées 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 valleys?

The French word for valleys is les vallées — feminine.

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