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le vent
wind
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How do you say vent in French?
How do you pronounce vent in French?
vent is pronounced /lə vɑ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le vent fort a déraciné l'arbre ancien.
The strong wind uprooted the ancient tree.
Un vent chaud souffle du désert vers notre petit village.
A warm wind is blowing from the desert toward our small village.
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Why is it masculine?
Vent is masculine because it derives from Latin "ventus," which was grammatically masculine in the second declension, and this gender was preserved when the word evolved into Old French and Modern French. The masculine gender stuck through regular sound changes and grammatical transmission across the Romance languages.
What is the French word for wind?
The French word for wind is le vent — masculine.
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