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salaires

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les salaires

salaries

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salaires
/le salɛʁ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on salaires en français ?

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/le salɛʁ/

How do you pronounce salaires in français?

salaires is pronounced /le salɛʁ/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le salaire mensuel est trop bas pour vivre confortablement.

The monthly salary is too low to live comfortably. (masculine adjective 'mensuel' agrees with masculine noun 'salaire')

Son ancien salaire était beaucoup plus élevé que le nouveau.

His former salary was much higher than the new one. (masculine adjectives 'ancien' and 'élevé' agree with masculine noun 'salaire')

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Salaires is masculine. It derives from the Latin "salarium" (neuter), which became masculine through the normal evolution of Latin neuter nouns in Old French, where many neuter nouns were reanalyzed as masculine based on their phonetic endings. The word originally referred to salt rations given to Roman soldiers as part of their compensation, from Latin "sal" (salt).

Comment dit-on salaries en français ?

En français, salaries se dit les salaires — masculine.

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