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les vents
winds
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How do you say vents in French?
How do you pronounce vents in French?
vents is pronounced /le 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?
Vents 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 winds?
The French word for winds is les vents — masculine.
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