🇫🇷 French

activité

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

l' activité

activity

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activité
/laktivite/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say activité in French?

IPA
/laktivite/

How do you pronounce activité in French?

activité is pronounced /laktivite/ in French.

Example sentences

L'activité physique est très importante pour la santé.

Physical activity is very important for health.

Cette activité culturelle était tellement enrichissante et mémorable.

This cultural activity was so enriching and memorable.

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Why is it feminine?

Activité is feminine because it derives from Latin "activitas," which followed the -itas suffix pattern that consistently produced feminine nouns in Latin and was preserved as feminine when adopted into French. The -ité ending in French remains a strong feminine marker, making most words ending this way feminine by default.

What is the French word for activity?

The French word for activity is l' activité — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianattivitàl'feminine

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