🇫🇷 French

actrice

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feminine

l' actrice

actor (f.)

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actrice
/laktʁis/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say actrice in French?

IPA
/laktʁis/

How do you pronounce actrice in French?

actrice is pronounced /laktʁis/ in French.

Example sentences

La actrice célèbre a remporté le prix pour son rôle remarquable.

The famous actress won the prize for her remarkable role.

Cette jeune actrice talentueuse a impressionné tous les critiques avec sa performance passionnée.

This talented young actress impressed all the critics with her passionate performance.

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Why is it feminine?

Actrice is feminine because it uses the standard French feminine suffix "-trice" (from Latin "-trix"), which transforms the masculine "acteur" (from Latin "actor") to denote a female performer. This suffix pattern reflects Latin's gendered noun system, where many agent nouns had distinct masculine and feminine forms.

What is the French word for actor (f.)?

The French word for actor (f.) is l' actrice — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishactrizlafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianattricel'feminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseatrizafeminine

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