Hello everyone!! Could you explain one point in French language - there are “la vase” and “le vase” but if I want to say plural “les vases”, what will it means - a lot of la vase or le vase?

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Hello everyone!! Could you explain one point in French language - there are “la vase”  and “le vase” but if I want to say plural “les vases”, what will it means - a lot of la vase or le vase?

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I imagine that as these are two very different things, it would be clear from the context.

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En français, on peut dire la vase( en anglais: silt, mud, sediment)/ les vases( synonyme de boue/boues, limon/limons).
On peut aussi dire le vase( masculin singulier): récipient (en anglais vase) ou les vases( masculin pluriel). 
Tout dépend du contexte.

Une/la vase// les/des vases.
Un/le vase// les/des vases.

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Clear as mud. In french, lest we forget, vase is female and also vase is male. le vase = the vase; la vase = the mud, silt. Imagine vases filled with mud. Nightmare or comedic opportunity?

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