🇫🇷 français

raison

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 raison

reason

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raison
/la ʁɛzɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on raison en français ?

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/la ʁɛzɔ̃/

How do you pronounce raison in français?

raison is pronounced /la ʁɛzɔ̃/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La raison principale pour laquelle je suis venue est que j'avais besoin de comprendre.

The main reason why I came is that I needed to understand.

Sa raison était si logique et si claire que tout le monde l'a acceptée immédiatement.

Her reason was so logical and so clear that everyone accepted it immediately.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Raison is feminine because it derives from Latin "ratio", which despite being nominative singular, belonged to the third declension. In Latin, "ratio" was feminine in gender. This feminine gender was preserved through Old French and into Modern French, following the general pattern where many Latin third declension nouns retained their original gender during the evolution from Latin to Romance languages.

Comment dit-on reason en français ?

En français, reason se dit la raison — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishrazónlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianragionelafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueserazãoafeminine

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