🇫🇷 French

culture

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

la culture

culture

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culture
/la kyltyʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say culture in French?

IPA
/la kyltyʁ/

How do you pronounce culture in French?

culture is pronounced /la kyltyʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La culture française est très ancienne et influente dans le monde.

French culture is very old and influential in the world.

Cette culture locale est fascinante et mérite d'être préservée.

This local culture is fascinating and deserves to be preserved.

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Why is it feminine?

Culture is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *cultura*, which was feminine in gender; Latin nouns ending in *-ura* were typically assigned to the feminine gender, a pattern that French inherited and maintains in words like *nature*, *posture*, and *peinture*.

What is the French word for culture?

The French word for culture is la culture — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianculturalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseculturaafeminine

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