🇫🇷 francese

avions

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les avions

airplanes

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avions
/le avjɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice avions in francese?

AFI
/le avjɔ̃/

How do you pronounce avions in francese?

avions is pronounced /le avjɔ̃/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

Le avion bleu est arrivé à l'aéroport ce matin.

The blue airplane arrived at the airport this morning.

Cet avion commercial est très moderne et rapide.

This commercial airplane is very modern and fast.

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Perché è masculine?

Avions is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "avis" (bird), which is feminine, but the French diminutive suffix "-on" (from Latin "-one") naturally produces masculine nouns, similar to how "limaçon" (snail) is masculine despite coming from "lime" (feminine). This grammatical gender shift occurred during the evolution from Latin to Old French, where the diminutive form took on masculine gender as a general pattern.

Come si dice airplanes in francese?

In francese, airplanes si dice les avions — masculine.

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