🇫🇷 French

distance

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feminine

la distance

distance

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distance
/la distɑ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say distance in French?

IPA
/la distɑ̃s/

How do you pronounce distance in French?

distance is pronounced /la distɑ̃s/ in French.

Example sentences

La distance est très grande entre ces deux villes.

The distance is very large between these two cities.

Cette longue distance nous a fatigués pendant notre voyage.

This long distance tired us out during our trip.

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Why is it feminine?

Distance is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin noun *distantia*, which is feminine (following the first declension pattern ending in *-ia*), and French retained the grammatical gender of its Latin source word. This is typical for many French nouns ending in *-ance* and *-ence*, which are predominantly feminine due to their Latin feminine origins.

What is the French word for distance?

The French word for distance is la distance — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishdistancialafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiandistanzalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedistânciaafeminine

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