🇫🇷 French

activités

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feminine

les activités

activities

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activités
/lez aktivite/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say activités in French?

IPA
/lez aktivite/

How do you pronounce activités in French?

activités is pronounced /lez aktivite/ 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?

Activités 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 activities?

The French word for activities is les activités — feminine.

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