"ovale" misspelled

Yuxuan C.B1Kwiziq community member

"ovale" misspelled

It should have been "Commençons par un ovale ..."

Asked 4 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour à tous !

Indeed, here I must admit to a very unfortunate "anglicisme" :(
Thanks to your comments, it's now been rectified.
Merci beaucoup pour vos commentaires :)

CécileKwiziq team member

Hi Ethan, 

You are indeed correct and Aurélie has added an -e to :

un ovale

Bonne  Continuation!

Yuxuan C.B1Kwiziq community member

Cécile,

Thank you for your input but unfortunately, I beg to differ.

The form "oval" is simply not found in any of the French dictionaries I was able to check. There is one and only one form - "ovale". It is a noun and it has an -e in the end.

Here's its definition on Le Robert, for example:

https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/ovale

Paul F.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Larousse also only lists “ovale” (nom masculin), so I think that Yuxuan and others may be right! 

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Yes, I have noted this too. Un ovale is correct.

"ovale" misspelled

It should have been "Commençons par un ovale ..."

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