🇫🇷 francese

escargots

masculine

les escargots

snails

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escargots
/le ɛskaʁɡo/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice escargots in francese?

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/le ɛskaʁɡo/

How do you pronounce escargots in francese?

escargots is pronounced /le ɛskaʁɡo/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

Le escargot lent traverse le jardin avec ses compagnons.

The slow snail crosses the garden with its companions. (masculine adjective 'lent' agrees with masculine noun 'escargot')

Cet escargot magnifique a une coquille spiralée très particulier.

This magnificent snail has a very particular spiral shell. (masculine articles 'cet' and adjectives 'magnifique', 'particulier' must agree with masculine 'escargot', not the feminine 'coquille')

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Perché è masculine?

Escargots is masculine. While the word does have Germanic/Frankish origins (possibly from *skaragon), the masculine gender is not explained by a clear morphological rule. The word is best learned as a lexical item with inherent masculine gender, as French grammatical gender for many nouns is determined by historical convention rather than predictable patterns.

Come si dice snails in francese?

In francese, snails si dice les escargots — masculine.

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