Accordanniversaire
l' anniversaire
birthday
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How do you say anniversaire in French?
How do you pronounce anniversaire in French?
anniversaire is pronounced /lanivɛʁsɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
L'anniversaire de mon frère sera très spécial cette année car il aura trente ans.
My brother's birthday will be very special this year because he will turn thirty.
L'anniversaire prévu pour samedi a été reporté au dimanche à cause de la pluie.
The planned birthday [party] for Saturday was postponed to Sunday because of the rain.
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Why is it masculine?
Anniversaire is masculine because it derives from the Latin "anniversarius," which was a masculine adjective meaning "returning annually." In French, when Latin masculine adjectives were nominalized (used as nouns), they retained their masculine gender. While the word can refer to an anniversary or commemorative occasion, in modern French "anniversaire" primarily means "birthday" and maintains masculine gender due to its Latin masculine origins.
What is the French word for birthday?
The French word for birthday is l' anniversaire — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | cumpleaños | el | masculine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | compleanno | il | masculine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | aniversário | o | masculine |
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