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Comment dit-on devoir en français ?
How do you pronounce devoir in français?
devoir is pronounced /lə dəvwaʁ/ in français.
Exemples de phrases
Le devoir était si difficile que j'ai dû le recommencer trois fois.
The homework assignment was so difficult that I had to do it over three times.
Mon devoir principal est de protéger ma famille avec loyauté.
My primary duty is to protect my family with loyalty.
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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?
Devoir is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "debere" (to owe), the gender explanation is imprecise. In French, "devoir" functions as both a noun (meaning "duty" or "homework") and a verb. As a noun, it is masculine, likely influenced by the Latin neuter form "debitum" (that which is owed), which often became masculine in French. However, the connection to second conjugation patterns is not the primary mechanism determining its gender. French grammatical gender for nouns derived from Latin is complex and does not follow predictable conjugation-based rules; this word's masculine gender is best treated as an inherited lexical property rather than derived from systematic conjugation patterns.
Comment dit-on homework en français ?
En français, homework se dit le devoir — masculine.
Genre selon les langues
| Langue | Mot | Article | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | compito | il | masculine |
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