🇫🇷 francés

collègues

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

les collègues

colleagues

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collègues
/le kɔlɛɡ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice collègues en francés?

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/le kɔlɛɡ/

How do you pronounce collègues in francés?

collègues is pronounced /le 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?

Collègues 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 colleagues en francés?

En francés, colleagues se dice les collègues — masculine.

Practica con Accord

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