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Documents is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les documents ("documents").
MASCULINEdocuments is the plural of document
les documents — documents
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How do you say documents in French?
How do you pronounce documents in French?
documents is pronounced /le dɔkymɑ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le document officiel doit être signé par le directeur.
The official document must be signed by the director.
Ce document important a été perdu lors du déménagement.
This important document was lost during the move.
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Why is it masculine?
Documents is masculine in French. It derives from Latin "documentum" (from "docere," meaning to teach). While Latin "documentum" was technically neuter, French inherited it as a masculine noun. Most Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" did evolve into masculine forms in Romance languages, but this is not an exception—it follows the typical pattern. The masculine gender should be learned as the standard form for this word in French.
What is the French word for documents?
The French word for documents is les documents — masculine.
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