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les viandes
meats
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How do you say viandes in French?
How do you pronounce viandes in French?
viandes is pronounced /le vjɑ̃d/ in French.
Example sentences
La viande rouge est délicieuse, mais elle est trop chère cette semaine.
Red meat is delicious, but it is too expensive this week.
Cette viande fraîche que j'ai achetée hier est devenue mauvaise.
This fresh meat that I bought yesterday has gone bad.
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Why is it feminine?
Viandes is feminine because it derives from the Latin "vivenda" (things to live on/provisions), which is a feminine plural form that was reinterpreted as a singular feminine noun in Old French. The word retained its feminine gender as it specialized to mean "meat" specifically. This follows a common Romance language pattern where Latin feminine or neuter plurals became singular feminine nouns, and the "-ande" ending in French is typically associated with feminine gender.
What is the French word for meats?
The French word for meats is les viandes — feminine.
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