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How do you say désir in French?
How do you pronounce désir in French?
désir is pronounced /lə deziʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le désir intense de voyager l'a poussé à quitter son emploi.
The intense desire to travel pushed him to leave his job.
Son désir profond était sincère, mais il ne l'a jamais exprimé.
His deep desire was sincere, but he never expressed it.
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Why is it masculine?
Désir is masculine because it derives from Latin "desiderium," which was a neuter noun. When Old French adopted it, the Latin neuter ending "-ium" was reanalyzed and the word developed the masculine ending "-ir", causing it to shift to masculine gender. This reflects a common pattern in Romance languages where Latin neuter nouns were redistributed to masculine or feminine genders.
What is the French word for desire?
The French word for desire is le désir — masculine.
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