No. 9,866 in French
femmes
Women.
In a sentence
Les femmes sont souvent considérées comme la colonne vertébrale de la société.
Women are often regarded as the backbone of society.
In this sentence, 'femmes' is used as a subject in the plural form to denote women as a general group.
Dans la peinture, il est courant de voir des représentations de femmes.
In paintings, it is common to see depictions of women.
Here, 'femmes' is the object of the preposition 'de' in a plural form, describing the subject of depictions.
Nous avons discuté des droits des femmes lors de la réunion.
We discussed women's rights during the meeting.
The term 'femmes' is used as part of the possessive expression 'des femmes,' referring to rights of women specifically.
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