Mont Blanc

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Mont Blanc

[ivory spear]

mont are usually smaller than mountains, "Mont" is masculine too while montagne is a feminine word

[swift fable]

Hmm

so

Is it because it’s not actually a mountain or is it because it’s a masculine mountain

[ivory spear]

not actually a mountain, it's probably a small mountain for it to be called a mont

[lilac kernel]

Kinda closer to a hill

[ivory spear]

its like between a mountain and a colline (hill) indeed

[ivory spear]

the masculine part is why it's mont blanc and not Mont blanche

[swift fable]

Ok to sum up this mini leçon

Small girl hill = Mont Blanche
Small boy hill: Mont Blanc

Wqir

so what would u call a boy Mountain and a girl mountain?

Are they both gonna be montagne blanche

[lilac kernel]

Wat

Mont is always masculine
Montagne is always feminine

Blanc is a masculine agreement, blanche is a feminine agreement

[spice flame]

yeah you're confusing two words here

do note that it's the words that get the gender, not the objects they represent