🇫🇷 French

habitude

feminine

l' habitude

habit

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habitude
/labityd/
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How do you say habitude in French?

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/labityd/

How do you pronounce habitude in French?

habitude is pronounced /labityd/ in French.

Example sentences

L'habitude est une deuxième nature très puissante.

Habit is a very powerful second nature.

Cette mauvaise habitude est devenue quotidienne et difficile à abandonner.

This bad habit has become daily and difficult to give up.

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Why is it feminine?

Habitude is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *habitudō* (nominative singular), which belonged to the third declension and ended in *-dō*. In Latin, the *-dō* suffix typically produced feminine nouns in the third declension, and this feminine gender was retained through Old French into Modern French.

What is the French word for habit?

The French word for habit is l' habitude — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianabitudinel'feminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesehábito flips!omasculine

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