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la famille
family
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How do you say famille in French?
How do you pronounce famille in French?
famille is pronounced /la famij/ in French.
Example sentences
Ma famille est très grande et très unie.
My family is very large and very united. (feminine agreement: 'ma' instead of 'mon', 'grande' and 'unie' are feminine forms)
La famille française traditionnelle a changé au cours des dernières décennies.
The traditional French family has changed over recent decades. (feminine agreement: 'la' feminine article, 'française' and 'traditionnelle' are feminine adjectives)
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Why is it feminine?
Famille is feminine because it derives from the Latin "familia," which was grammatically feminine in Latin and retained that gender when the word entered Old French; the Latin feminine ending "-a" is one of the clearest gender markers that carried over into Romance languages.
What is the French word for family?
The French word for family is la famille — feminine.
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