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la confiture
jam
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Comment dit-on confiture en français ?
How do you pronounce confiture in français?
confiture is pronounced /la kɔ̃fityʁ/ in français.
Exemples de phrases
La confiture rouge que j'ai achetée est très délicieuse.
The red jam that I bought is very delicious. (The feminine adjective 'rouge' and past participle 'achetée' agree with the feminine noun 'confiture')
Cette nouvelle confiture maison est meilleure que l'ancienne.
This new homemade jam is better than the old one. (The feminine adjectives 'nouvelle' and 'ancienne' must agree with the feminine 'confiture'; if it were masculine, we'd say 'nouveau' and 'ancien')
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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?
Confiture is feminine because it derives from the Latin "confectura" (a feminine noun formed from the past participle "confectus" of "conficere," meaning to make or prepare), and Latin feminine nouns ending in "-ura" regularly became feminine nouns ending in "-ure" in French.
Comment dit-on jam en français ?
En français, jam se dit la confiture — feminine.
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