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Trottoirs is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les trottoirs ("sidewalks").
MASCULINEtrottoirs is the plural of trottoir
les trottoirs — sidewalks
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How do you say trottoirs in French?
How do you pronounce trottoirs in French?
trottoirs is pronounced /le tʁɔtwaʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le trottoir étroit était dangereux pour les piétons.
The narrow sidewalk was dangerous for pedestrians.
Ce long trottoir gris traverse tout le quartier historique.
This long gray sidewalk runs through the entire historic neighborhood.
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Why is it masculine?
Trottoirs is masculine because it derives from the Old French verb "trotter" (to trot), with the suffix "-oir" (a masculine agent noun suffix meaning "place or thing that does X"), making it literally "a place where one trots." The masculine gender stuck with this suffix pattern, similar to other French nouns like "couloir" (corridor) and "dortoir" (dormitory).
What is the French word for sidewalks?
The French word for sidewalks is les trottoirs — masculine.
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