🇫🇷 francés

collègue

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le collègue

colleague

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collègue
/lə kɔlɛɡ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice collègue en francés?

AFI
/lə kɔlɛɡ/

How do you pronounce collègue in francés?

collègue is pronounced /lə kɔlɛɡ/ in francés.

Frases de ejemplo

Mon collègue français est arrivé tard à la réunion ce matin.

My French colleague arrived late to the meeting this morning. (Note: 'français' is masculine to agree with masculine 'collègue'; if it were a female colleague, it would be 'Ma collègue française')

Le collègue compétent que j'ai formé a reçu une promotion bien méritée.

The competent colleague whom I trained received a well-deserved promotion. (Note: 'compétent' and 'méritée' show masculine agreement; 'méritée' becomes feminine if the colleague were female)

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Collègue is masculine because it derives from Latin "collega," which is actually a masculine noun in Latin. French retained this masculine gender assignment from its Latin source, despite the word's "-ègue" ending, which doesn't reliably indicate gender in modern French. This represents a historical gender assignment preserved from Latin that persists in French.

¿Cómo se dice colleague en francés?

En francés, colleague se dice le collègue — masculine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇪🇸 Spanishcolegaelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecolegaomasculine

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