🇫🇷 français

liberté

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 liberté

freedom

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liberté
/la libɛʁte/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on liberté en français ?

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/la libɛʁte/

How do you pronounce liberté in français?

liberté is pronounced /la libɛʁte/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La liberté est une valeur fondamentale et inaliénable.

Freedom is a fundamental and inalienable value. (The feminine adjectives 'fondamentale' and 'inaliénable' must agree with the feminine noun 'liberté')

Cette liberté précieuse a été longtemps refusée aux femmes.

This precious freedom was long denied to women. (The feminine article 'Cette' and feminine adjective 'précieuse' must agree with the feminine noun 'liberté')

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Liberté is feminine because it derives from the Latin "libertas," which was feminine in gender, and French preserved the grammatical gender of its Latin ancestors along with the feminine suffix "-té" (from Latin "-tas"), which consistently produces feminine nouns in French. This suffix pattern is a reliable indicator of feminine gender in modern French for abstract nouns like "liberté," "beauté," and "qualité."

Comment dit-on freedom en français ?

En français, freedom se dit la liberté — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishlibertadlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianlibertàlafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseliberdadeafeminine

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