🇫🇷 francese

cauchemars

masculine

les cauchemars

nightmares

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cauchemars
/le koʃmaʁ/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice cauchemars in francese?

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/le koʃmaʁ/

How do you pronounce cauchemars in francese?

cauchemars is pronounced /le koʃmaʁ/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

Le cauchemar récurrent du patient l'empêche de dormir profondément chaque nuit.

The patient's recurring nightmare prevents him from sleeping deeply every night.

Ce cauchemar horrible a laissé mon frère terrifié et en sueurs ce matin.

This horrible nightmare left my brother terrified and sweating this morning.

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Perché è masculine?

Cauchemars is masculine. The word derives from Old French "cauche" (from Latin "calcare," to tread) combined with "mare" (from Old Norse "mara," a nightmare demon or spirit). In French, the gender of compound nouns is not determined by a simple rule of taking the gender of the second element. Rather, "cauchemar" is masculine by convention, likely influenced by the masculine noun "mar" or through analogy with other masculine nouns. The word originally meant "demon that treads on sleepers," reflecting medieval beliefs about the supernatural cause of nightmares.

Come si dice nightmares in francese?

In francese, nightmares si dice les cauchemars — masculine.

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