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compensatory lengthening
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
a. l'allongement compensatoire (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
The historical change involved compensatory lengthening of the vowel after the consonant disappeared.Le changement historique impliquait un allongement compensatoire de la voyelle après la disparition de la consonne.
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