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le fichier
file
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How do you say fichier in French?
How do you pronounce fichier in French?
fichier is pronounced /lə fiʃje/ in French.
Example sentences
Le fichier important contient tous les documents confidentiels de l'entreprise.
The important file contains all the company's confidential documents.
Ce fichier est trop volumineux pour être envoyé par email; il faut le compresser d'abord.
This file is too large to be sent by email; it must be compressed first.
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Why is it masculine?
Fichier is masculine because it is a noun derived from the French verb "ficher" (to file or to drive in) with the agent/object noun suffix "-ier". In French, nouns formed with the "-ier" suffix are typically masculine, following the pattern of similar nouns like "panier" (basket) and "métier" (trade/loom). The modern computing sense of "fichier" (file) developed from this same root, maintaining the masculine gender.
What is the French word for file?
The French word for file is le fichier — masculine.
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