🇫🇷 French

automne

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' automne

autumn

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automne
/lotɔn/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say automne in French?

IPA
/lotɔn/

How do you pronounce automne in French?

automne is pronounced /lotɔn/ in French.

Example sentences

L'automne dernier a été particulièrement sec et chaud.

Last autumn was particularly dry and hot.

L'automne prochain sera beau pour les randonnées en montagne.

Next autumn will be nice for hiking in the mountains.

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Why is it masculine?

Automne is masculine because it derives from Latin "autumnus," which was a masculine noun, and French retained the masculine gender of its Latin source. The word ultimately may trace back to an Etruscan origin, though the Latin masculine form is what directly determined its French gender.

What is the French word for autumn?

The French word for autumn is l' automne — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishotoñoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianautunnol'masculine

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