🇫🇷 français

journaliste

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

le journaliste

journalist

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journaliste
/lə ʒuʁnalist/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on journaliste en français ?

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/lə ʒuʁnalist/

How do you pronounce journaliste in français?

journaliste is pronounced /lə ʒuʁnalist/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le journaliste français a écrit un article intéressant sur la politique.

The French journalist wrote an interesting article about politics.

Ce journaliste expérimenté est devenu célèbre pour ses investigations approfondies.

This experienced journalist became famous for his thorough investigations.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Journaliste is a noun meaning "journalist." While it does derive from "journal," the word's gender is actually **variable** in French. "Journaliste" can be used for both masculine and feminine referents, functioning as a common gender noun. The article or adjective changes with the subject's gender (un journaliste / une journaliste), but the noun itself does not have an inherent masculine-only gender. French nouns ending in "-iste" are typically common gender nouns that do not change form based on the sex of the person, unlike some other French professions. The rule oversimplifies by treating it as inherently masculine when it is more accurately a gender-neutral professional term.

Comment dit-on journalist en français ?

En français, journalist se dit le journaliste — masculine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishperiodistaelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiangiornalistailmasculine

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