Accordchien
masculine
le chien
dog
Try it
chien
/lə ʃjɛ̃/
← masculine
feminine →
Drag the card to guess
How do you say chien in French?
IPA
/lə ʃjɛ̃/
How do you pronounce chien in French?
chien is pronounced /lə ʃjɛ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le chien noir a mangé son repas.
The black dog ate his meal.
Mon chien est très intelligent et obéissant.
My dog is very intelligent and obedient.
Swipe chien in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in French.
Why is it masculine?
Chien is masculine because it descends from Latin "canis," which was grammatically masculine in the Latin noun declension system, and French inherited this gender classification when Latin evolved into Romance languages. The gender assignment largely reflects arbitrary historical patterns in Latin rather than any logical rule based on the word's meaning.
What is the French word for dog?
The French word for dog is le chien — masculine.
Gender across languages
Practice with Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in French.