🇫🇷 French

voisins

masculine

les voisins

neighbors

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voisins
/le vwazɛ̃/
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How do you say voisins in French?

IPA
/le vwazɛ̃/

How do you pronounce voisins in French?

voisins is pronounced /le vwazɛ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le voisin nouveau a peint sa maison en bleu.

The new neighbor (male) painted his house blue.

Notre voisin sympathique nous a invités à sa fête hier soir.

Our friendly neighbor (male) invited us to his party last night.

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Why is it masculine?

Voisins is masculine because it derives from the Latin "vicinus" (masculine), which came from "vicus" (village/neighborhood), and French nouns inherited the grammatical gender of their Latin roots. The word literally meant "one who lives nearby" and retained the masculine gender through the Romance language evolution.

What is the French word for neighbors?

The French word for neighbors is les voisins — masculine.

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