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Montagnes is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les montagnes ("mountains").
FEMININEmontagnes is the plural of montagne
les montagnes — mountains
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How do you say montagnes in French?
How do you pronounce montagnes in French?
montagnes is pronounced /le mɔ̃taɲ/ in French.
Example sentences
La montagne est très haute et majestueuse.
The mountain is very tall and majestic (feminine agreement on adjectives: haute, majestueuse).
Cette ancienne montagne a été formée il y a des millions d'années.
This old mountain was formed millions of years ago (feminine agreement on demonstrative and adjective: cette, ancienne).
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Why is it feminine?
Montagnes is feminine because it derives from Latin "montanea" (a feminine adjective form meaning "mountainous"), which became a noun in Romance languages; the -agne ending in French typically preserves feminine gender from Latin feminine forms ending in -a or -aea.
What is the French word for mountains?
The French word for mountains is les montagnes — feminine.
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