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la douleur
pain
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How do you say douleur in French?
How do you pronounce douleur in French?
douleur is pronounced /la dulœʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La douleur intense qu'elle ressentait était insupportable.
The intense pain that she was feeling was unbearable.
Cette douleur chronique a complètement changé sa vie.
This chronic pain completely changed her life.
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Why is it feminine?
Douleur is feminine because it derives from Latin "dolor" (masculine). However, the -eur ending in French is not inherently feminine due to sound changes alone. Rather, "douleur" is feminine because Latin -or words that became -eur in French were typically assigned to the feminine gender class in Old French, following the pattern of other -eur nouns like "peur," "fleur," and "couleur." Most French nouns ending in -eur are actually masculine, but "douleur" belongs to a specific subset of -eur nouns that are feminine, a pattern established early in Old French.
What is the French word for pain?
The French word for pain is la douleur — feminine.
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