🇫🇷 French

certificat

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masculine

le certificat

certificate

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certificat
/lə sɛʁtifika/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say certificat in French?

IPA
/lə sɛʁtifika/

How do you pronounce certificat in French?

certificat is pronounced /lə sɛʁtifika/ in French.

Example sentences

Le certificat médical est obligatoire pour participer au cours de sport.

The medical certificate is mandatory to participate in the sports class.

Son certificat de naissance original a été perdu, donc il doit en demander un nouveau.

His original birth certificate was lost, so he must request a new one.

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Why is it masculine?

Certificat is masculine because it derives from the Latin "certificatum," the neuter past participle of "certificare," which in French became associated with the masculine gender following the general Romance language pattern where Latin neuter nouns shifted to either masculine or feminine, with masculine becoming the default for many abstract nouns and official documents.

What is the French word for certificate?

The French word for certificate is le certificat — masculine.

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