🇫🇷 français

passion

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 passion

passion

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passion
/la pasjɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on passion en français ?

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/la pasjɔ̃/

How do you pronounce passion in français?

passion is pronounced /la pasjɔ̃/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Sa passion est si intense et profonde qu'elle inspire tous ceux qui la connaissent.

Her passion is so intense and deep that it inspires everyone who knows her.

La passion cachée de Marie est restée secrète pendant longtemps.

Mary's hidden passion remained secret for a long time.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Passion is feminine in French because it derives from Latin *passio* (from *pati*, meaning "to suffer"), which was a feminine noun in Latin—a pattern preserved when Romance languages inherited it. The feminine gender stuck despite the word's abstract nature, as many Latin feminine nouns ending in *-io* became French feminine nouns ending in *-ion*.

Comment dit-on passion en français ?

En français, passion se dit la passion — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishpasiónlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianpassionelafeminine

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