🇵🇹 portugais

fronteira

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feminine

a fronteira

border

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fronteira
/a fɾõˈtejɾɐ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on fronteira en portugais ?

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/a fɾõˈtejɾɐ/

How do you pronounce fronteira in portugais?

fronteira is pronounced /a fɾõˈtejɾɐ/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A fronteira portuguesa é muito antiga e bem preservada.

The Portuguese border is very old and well preserved.

Esta fronteira marítima foi disputada entre os dois países durante séculos.

This maritime border was disputed between the two countries for centuries.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Fronteira is feminine because it ends in "-eira", a productive feminine suffix in Portuguese. This suffix derives from Latin "-aria", which consistently produced feminine nouns. The word comes from Latin "frontaria" (frontier/border), itself derived from "frons" (front/forehead). The feminine gender was maintained through the regular sound changes from Latin "-aria" to Portuguese "-eira".

Comment dit-on border en portugais ?

En portugais, border se dit a fronteira — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇫🇷 Frenchfrontièrelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishfronteralafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianconfine flips!ilmasculine

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