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How does the spelling change in French when you put a colour after a feminine word?
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∙ 13y ago
usually the is a 'e' coming at the end of the adjective, as a mark of the feminine: vert > verte, gris > grise, bleu > bleue
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∙ 13y ago
In French, when a color is placed after a feminine noun, the spelling of the color does not change. The agreement of the color follows the noun in gender, not in spelling. For example, "une voiture bleue" (a blue car) where "bleue" agrees with the feminine noun "voiture."
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Why has colour been spelled colour?
The spelling "colour" comes from British English, where there is a tradition of using the French-influenced spelling with a "u." In American English, the word is spelled "color" without the added "u."
In Canada how do you spell color?
In Canada, the correct spelling is "colour".
What is variant spelling of colour?
Color
What colour is gold in french?
The color gold in French is "or."
How do you say the color black in French?
La couleur noire NB: To a pedant (and many, many French people are pedants, especially in the matter of language) this is nonsense, since black is not a colour at all; it is merely the absence of colour. NB2: As NOIR does not qualify COULEUR, one should not make it feminine; La couleur noir would be better (except see NB above).
What is the spelling of multi colour in French?
multicolore
How is chameloen spelled?
Chameleon is the correct spelling for the reptile that can change colour.
Why do only certain colors change in french?
- when a colour name is also a thing (an orange is both the fruit and the colour orange, as in English) the general rule is that the adjective does not change to take the plural mark. "une robe orange, plural: des robes orange" - exceptions: rose, mauve, fauve. un t-shirt rose, des t-shirts roses. - other colour names do change to take the plural (or feminine) mark: un ciel bleu - des murs bleus - une jupe bleue - des voitures bleues Most French are not always aware of the correct spelling of these adjectives.
What colour is brun from french to English?
Brun means "brown" in French. The feminine is brune.
What does gris in french mean in English?
gris is a masculine adjective meaning grey/gray in French. The feminine form is 'grise'.
Why did the U get dropped from words like colour?
The French spelling colour was carried into English although the original Latin word was color.The removal of the superfluous (unstressed, unpronounced) U from French words such as colour was promoted by Noah Webster beginning with his dictionary in 1828. This includes words such as colour, flavour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, and splendour. US spelling also dropped an "adopted" -our in words such as armour, behaviour, and governour. However, it keeps the -our where the "oor" is pronounced, as in contour, and even in some specifically French words such as troubadour.
Is the french word ' blue ' feminine or masculine?
Blanches is the plural-feminin form of Blanc which is the color "White".Blanc : singular-masculinBlancs : plural-masculinBlanche : singular-femininBlanches : plural-feminin
In Canada how do you spell color?
In Canada, the correct spelling is "colour".
How do you spell coulered?
The spelling couler is a French verb meaning to cast (metal).The likely word is color (hue, shade) in the US.The UK spelling is colour.
Is aqua marine a girl color?
no, i don't think any colour is defined as boy or girl, except for in french when you have masculine and feminine . other wise it would be sexist.
Why has color been spelled color?
The British spelling is colour. The American spelling is color. (And my American spell checker is objecting to "colour".)
Why girl like pink colour?
Because its feminine
