🇫🇷 French

bruit

masculine

le bruit

noise

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bruit
/lə bʁɥi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bruit in French?

IPA
/lə bʁɥi/

How do you pronounce bruit in French?

bruit is pronounced /lə bʁɥi/ in French.

Example sentences

Le bruit fort du tonnerre a réveillé tout le village.

The loud noise of thunder woke up the entire village.

Ce bruit étrange provenant de la cave m'a inquiété toute la nuit.

This strange noise coming from the cellar worried me all night long.

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Why is it masculine?

Bruit is masculine because it derives from Latin "brutus" (meaning "noise" or "sound"), which was a masculine noun in Latin. French retained the masculine gender from its Latin origin.

What is the French word for noise?

The French word for noise is le bruit — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianrumoreilmasculine

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