🇫🇷 français

robe

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 robe

dress

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robe
/la ʁɔb/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on robe en français ?

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/la ʁɔb/

How do you pronounce robe in français?

robe is pronounced /la ʁɔb/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La robe rouge est très élégante et elle convient parfaitement à la cérémonie.

The red dress is very elegant and it suits the ceremony perfectly. (Notice: 'la' robe, 'rouge' (feminine), 'très élégante' - all feminine forms)

Cette robe bleue que j'ai achetée hier est devenue ma préférée.

This blue dress that I bought yesterday has become my favorite. (Notice: 'Cette' (feminine demonstrative), 'bleue' (feminine adjective), 'achetée' (feminine past participle agreement), 'préférée' (feminine)

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Robe is feminine in French. While it does derive from Old French and Germanic roots related to clothing, the feminine gender is not arbitrary. In French, many garment words are feminine, and "robe" follows this pattern. The word comes from a Germanic source (possibly related to Old High German "*rouba"), but the gender assignment was influenced by the natural tendency in Romance languages to assign feminine gender to many garment and clothing-related nouns. This is a productive pattern in French rather than a pure exception, though individual word genders must still be learned.

Comment dit-on dress en français ?

En français, dress se dit la robe — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇪🇸 Spanishvestido flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianvestito flips!ilmasculine

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