🇫🇷 French

consciences

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

les consciences

consciousnesses

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consciences
/le kɔ̃sjɑ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say consciences in French?

IPA
/le kɔ̃sjɑ̃s/

How do you pronounce consciences in French?

consciences is pronounced /le kɔ̃sjɑ̃s/ in French.

Example sentences

Sa conscience était troublée et confuse après avoir commis cette erreur.

His/Her conscience was troubled and confused after committing this mistake.

La conscience professionnelle de cette avocate était absolue et inébranlable.

This lawyer's professional conscience was absolute and unshakeable.

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Why is it feminine?

Consciences is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "conscientia," which was a feminine noun (following the -ia ending pattern typical of Latin feminine nouns), and French retained this grammatical gender when the word evolved into its modern form.

What is the French word for consciousnesses?

The French word for consciousnesses is les consciences — feminine.

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