🇫🇷 French

achat

masculine

l' achat

purchase

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achat
/laʃa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say achat in French?

IPA
/laʃa/

How do you pronounce achat in French?

achat is pronounced /laʃa/ in French.

Example sentences

L'achat récent de cette maison a vidé complètement nos économies.

The recent purchase of this house completely emptied our savings.

L'achat était très important pour lui, et il l'a planifié pendant des mois.

The purchase was very important to him, and he planned it for months.

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Why is it masculine?

Achat is masculine. It derives from Old French "achat" (the act of buying or purchasing), which comes from the verb "achater/acheter" (to buy). The noun took masculine gender following standard French morphological patterns for action nouns derived from verbs, similar to other -at nouns like "combat" and "résultat."

What is the French word for purchase?

The French word for purchase is l' achat — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishcompra flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianacquistol'masculine

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