🇫🇷 French

bénéfice

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masculine

le bénéfice

profit

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bénéfice
/lə benefis/
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How do you say bénéfice in French?

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/lə benefis/

How do you pronounce bénéfice in French?

bénéfice is pronounced /lə benefis/ in French.

Example sentences

Le bénéfice net de cette entreprise est très important cette année.

The net profit of this company is very significant this year.

Le bénéfice réalisé par notre département a dépassé nos objectifs initiaux.

The profit achieved by our department exceeded our initial objectives.

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Why is it masculine?

Bénéfice is masculine because it derives from the Latin "beneficium" (a neuter noun that became masculine in Old French), which itself comes from "bene" (well) and "facere" (to do). Like many Latin neuter nouns ending in "-ium," it shifted to the masculine gender during the evolution from Latin to Romance languages.

What is the French word for profit?

The French word for profit is le bénéfice — masculine.

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