🇫🇷 français

anniversaires

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 anniversaires

birthdays

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anniversaires
/lez anivɛʁsɛʁ/
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Comment dit-on anniversaires en français ?

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/lez anivɛʁsɛʁ/

How do you pronounce anniversaires in français?

anniversaires is pronounced /lez anivɛʁsɛʁ/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

L'anniversaire de mon frère sera très spécial cette année car il aura trente ans.

My brother's birthday will be very special this year because he will turn thirty.

L'anniversaire prévu pour samedi a été reporté au dimanche à cause de la pluie.

The planned birthday [party] for Saturday was postponed to Sunday because of the rain.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Anniversaires is masculine because it derives from the Latin "anniversarius," which was a masculine adjective meaning "returning annually." In French, when Latin masculine adjectives were nominalized (used as nouns), they retained their masculine gender. While the word can refer to an anniversary or commemorative occasion, in modern French "anniversaire" primarily means "birthday" and maintains masculine gender due to its Latin masculine origins.

Comment dit-on birthdays en français ?

En français, birthdays se dit les anniversaires — masculine.

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