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Œufs is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les œufs ("eggs").
MASCULINEœufs is the plural of œuf
les œufs — eggs
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How do you say œufs in French?
How do you pronounce œufs in French?
œufs is pronounced /lez ø/ in French.
Example sentences
L'œuf est blanc et rond.
The egg is white and round. (masculine adjectives: blanc, rond)
J'ai trouvé un œuf cassé ce matin.
I found a broken egg this morning. (masculine article un, masculine adjective cassé)
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Why is it masculine?
Œufs is masculine because it derives from the Latin "ovum" (neuter), which became masculine in Old French, likely due to the influence of the masculine article and other phonetic changes that obscured the neuter gender system during the transition from Latin to Romance languages. This represents a common pattern where Latin neuter nouns were reassigned to masculine or feminine genders in French.
What is the French word for eggs?
The French word for eggs is les œufs — masculine.
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