🇫🇷 French

artichaut

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

l' artichaut

artichoke

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artichaut
/laʁtiʃo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say artichaut in French?

IPA
/laʁtiʃo/

How do you pronounce artichaut in French?

artichaut is pronounced /laʁtiʃo/ in French.

Example sentences

Le artichaut frais que j'ai acheté au marché est délicieux.

The fresh artichoke that I bought at the market is delicious.

Cet artichaut violet est plus cher que celui-ci parce qu'il est biologique.

This purple artichoke is more expensive than this one because it is organic.

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Why is it masculine?

Artichaut is masculine. While the etymology tracing back through Italian "articiocco" to Arabic "al-khurshūf" is plausible, the explanation for why it is masculine in French is problematic. The word's masculinity is better explained by the French suffix "-aut" (from Latin "-uctus"), which typically confers masculine gender in French, rather than by gender inheritance from Italian. This applies a more reliable and productive French morphological rule rather than relying on Romance language gender transmission.

What is the French word for artichoke?

The French word for artichoke is l' artichaut — masculine.

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