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Messieurs is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les messieurs ("gentlemen").
MASCULINEmessieurs is the plural of monsieur
les messieurs — gentlemen
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How do you say messieurs in French?
How do you pronounce messieurs in French?
messieurs is pronounced /le mesjø/ in French.
Example sentences
Le monsieur âgé a oublié son portefeuille à la gare.
The elderly man forgot his wallet at the station.
Ce monsieur distingué porte toujours un costume bleu.
This distinguished man always wears a blue suit.
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Why is it masculine?
Messieurs is masculine because it derives from the Old French phrase "mon sieur" (my lord), where "sieur" comes from the Latin "senior" (elder/lord), which is a masculine noun; the grammatical gender was inherited from this Latin root and became fixed as the word grammaticalized into a single term.
What is the French word for gentlemen?
The French word for gentlemen is les messieurs — masculine.
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