🇫🇷 français

place

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 place

place

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place
/la plas/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on place en français ?

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/la plas/

How do you pronounce place in français?

place is pronounced /la plas/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La place publique était bondée de manifestants.

The public square was crowded with protesters.

Cette petite place pittoresque était ma favorite.

This small picturesque square was my favorite.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Place is feminine in French because it derives from Latin *platea*, which was feminine, ultimately from Greek *plateia* (broad street); French retained the feminine gender of its Latin source word. This is a straightforward case of gender inheritance rather than following a productive morphological rule.

Comment dit-on place en français ?

En français, place se dit la place — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishlugar flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianluogo flips!ilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueselugar flips!omasculine

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