🇫🇷 francese

détroits

masculine

les détroits

straits

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détroits
/le detʁwa/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice détroits in francese?

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/le detʁwa/

How do you pronounce détroits in francese?

détroits is pronounced /le detʁwa/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

Le détroit est très dangereux pour les navires qui tentent de le traverser.

The strait is very dangerous for ships that attempt to cross it.

Ce détroit étroit relie deux grands océans et représente un passage stratégique important.

This narrow strait connects two great oceans and represents an important strategic passage.

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Perché è masculine?

Détroits is masculine because it derives from the Latin "districtus" (past participle of "distringere," meaning "to stretch apart"), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender from its Romance language heritage. The word's meaning shifted from a judicial district to a narrow strait, but the masculine gender persisted.

Come si dice straits in francese?

In francese, straits si dice les détroits — masculine.

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