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le frère
brother
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How do you say frère in French?
How do you pronounce frère in French?
frère is pronounced /lə fʁɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Mon frère aîné est très intelligent et il aide souvent ses camarades.
My older brother is very intelligent and he often helps his classmates.
Le frère de Marie est devenu un excellent médecin après ses études.
Mary's brother became an excellent doctor after his studies.
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Why is it masculine?
Frère (brother) is masculine because it derives from Latin "frater," which was grammatically masculine in the second declension, and French inherited this gender assignment when the language evolved from Vulgar Latin. Gender in Romance languages is largely determined by Latin etymological roots rather than by logical rules about the word's meaning.
What is the French word for brother?
The French word for brother is le frère — masculine.
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