🇫🇷 French

vin

masculine

le vin

wine

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vin
/lə vɛ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vin in French?

IPA
/lə vɛ̃/

How do you pronounce vin in French?

vin is pronounced /lə vɛ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le vin rouge est délicieux.

The red wine is delicious.

Ce vin blanc français est excellent.

This French white wine is excellent.

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Why is it masculine?

Vin is masculine because it derives from the Latin "vinum," which was a neuter noun, but when Latin neuter nouns entered Old French, they typically merged into the masculine gender by default, making "vin" grammatically masculine in modern French.

What is the French word for wine?

The French word for wine is le vin — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishvinoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianvinoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevinhoomasculine

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