🇫🇷 francese

fontaine

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feminine

la fontaine

fountain

Try it

fontaine
/la fɔ̃tɛn/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice fontaine in francese?

AFI
/la fɔ̃tɛn/

How do you pronounce fontaine in francese?

fontaine is pronounced /la fɔ̃tɛn/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

La fontaine publique est très ancienne et magnifique.

The public fountain is very old and magnificent.

Cette fontaine historique a été restaurée par des experts qualifiés.

This historic fountain was restored by qualified experts.

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Perché è feminine?

Fontaine is feminine because it derives from Latin "fontana," the feminine form of "fontan-," which treated water sources as feminine—a pattern common across Romance languages where natural features like springs and fountains inherited feminine gender from their Latin roots.

Come si dice fountain in francese?

In francese, fountain si dice la fontaine — feminine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

LinguaParolaArticoloGenere
🇮🇹 Italianfontanalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesechafariz flips!omasculine

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