🇫🇷 français

face

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

la face

face

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face
/la fas/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on face en français ?

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/la fas/

How do you pronounce face in français?

face is pronounced /la fas/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La face cachée de la lune est fascinante.

The hidden side of the moon is fascinating.

Elle a une belle face, avec des traits délicats.

She has a beautiful face, with delicate features.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Face (meaning face) is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "facies," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and inflectional patterns from Latin to Romance languages. The Latin "facies" originally meant "appearance" or "form" before narrowing to "face," and its feminine gender persisted as an arbitrary grammatical feature with no semantic explanation.

Comment dit-on face en français ?

En français, face se dit la face — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishcaralafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianfaccialafeminine

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