🇫🇷 français

air

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

l' air

air

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air
/lɛʁ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on air en français ?

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/lɛʁ/

How do you pronounce air in français?

air is pronounced /lɛʁ/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

L'air frais du matin m'a réveillé complètement.

The fresh morning air woke me up completely.

Cet air pollué est devenu très dangereux pour notre santé.

This polluted air has become very dangerous for our health.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Air is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "aerem" (accusative of "aer"), which was already masculine in Latin, following the pattern of most Latin words ending in -er that became French nouns. Like many grammatical genders in Romance languages, French preserved the Latin gender assignments rather than following a systematic phonetic rule.

Comment dit-on air en français ?

En français, air se dit l' air — masculine.

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