Banals/Banaux
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Banals/Banaux
Is this pair also interchangeable?
This test question suggest otherwise:
Which one of these plural forms is wrong? : géniaux, banaux, généraux, totaux
This question relates to:French lesson "Forming the plural of French adjectives ending in -al (exceptions)"
Asked 6 years ago
No, the masculine plural form of "banal" is "banals".
.....except in the very rare case when the adjective "banal" us used in its other meaning: feudal (as in the "feudal system"). In that case the plural masculin is "banaux": "les moulins banaux" = the feudal mills where peasants could mill their grain paying a fraction of it to the lord of the land.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
.....except in the very rare case when the adjective "banal" us used in its other meaning: feudal (as in the "feudal system"). In that case the plural masculin is "banaux": "les moulins banaux" = the feudal mills where peasants could mill their grain paying a fraction of it to the lord of the land.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
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