🇫🇷 francese

ouests

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 ouests

wests

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ouests
/lez wɛst/
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Come si dice ouests in francese?

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/lez wɛst/

How do you pronounce ouests in francese?

ouests is pronounced /lez wɛst/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

L'ouest est très beau et pittoresque.

The west is very beautiful and picturesque. (masculine adjectives: beau, pittoresque)

L'ouest français est connu pour ses châteaux anciens et magnifiques.

The French west is known for its old and magnificent castles. (masculine adjectives: français, anciens, magnifiques agree with ouest)

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Perché è masculine?

Ouests (west) is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "occasus" (sunset, west), which was indeed masculine, the explanation of why French retained this gender is oversimplified. The gender was preserved through French's evolution from Latin, but the rule about "consonant-ending nouns defaulting to masculine" is not a reliable principle in French. Many French masculine nouns end in consonants, but many feminine nouns do as well. The word's masculinity is best explained simply as inherited from its Latin masculine source, rather than through a general rule about consonant endings.

Come si dice wests in francese?

In francese, wests si dice les ouests — masculine.

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