🇫🇷 French

villages

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masculine

les villages

villages

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villages
/le vilaʒ/
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How do you say villages in French?

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/le vilaʒ/

How do you pronounce villages in French?

villages is pronounced /le vilaʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le village ancien était très pittoresque avec ses maisons en pierre.

The old village was very picturesque with its stone houses.

Ce petit village français a conservé son charme traditionnel.

This small French village has retained its traditional charm.

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Why is it masculine?

Villages is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "villāticum" (adjective form of "villa," a country estate), and French retained the masculine gender of this Latin source word. The suffix "-age" in French is typically masculine, which reinforced this gender assignment.

What is the French word for villages?

The French word for villages is les villages — masculine.

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