🇫🇷 français

ancre

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

l' ancre

anchor

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ancre
/lɑ̃kʁ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on ancre en français ?

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/lɑ̃kʁ/

How do you pronounce ancre in français?

ancre is pronounced /lɑ̃kʁ/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

L'ancre rouillée du vieux navire a finalement cédé pendant la tempête.

The rusty anchor of the old ship finally gave way during the storm.

Cette ancre métallique est trop lourde pour être soulevée par un seul homme.

This metal anchor is too heavy to be lifted by a single man.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Ancre is feminine because it derives from Latin "ancora," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and noun evolution. The Latin word itself likely came from Greek "ankura," and gender assignment in Latin was often arbitrary rather than rule-based, making this ultimately an inherited exception rather than following a predictable pattern.

Comment dit-on anchor en français ?

En français, anchor se dit l' ancre — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishanclalafeminine

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