"The Louvre receives ten million visitors a year."

Translation: Le Louvre reçoit dix millions de visiteurs par an.

[cetapresmidi]

Not accepted:
Le Louvre reçoit dix millions visiteurs par an.
Why?

[pbt.hodges]

Dix millions de visiteurs

[reesercdhs]

I thought "year" could be feminine or masculin??

[Rlando]

"An" is masculin, "année" is féminine. Année usually refers to a specific (calendar) year, e.g. "cette année". An to a period lasting a year.

I'm 30 years old = J'ai 30 ans. And in this case, the number of visitors is for any period lasting a year, so "an" is the proper translation.

For the number of visitors in a specific year (for example last year), you'd use "l'année dernière".

[Rashid_G]

Pourquoi par an pas par année?