Accordheure
l' heure
hour
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How do you say heure in French?
How do you pronounce heure in French?
heure is pronounced /lœʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La première heure de la journée est toujours la plus calme.
The first hour of the day is always the most peaceful.
Quelle heure est-il? Il est trois heures et demie.
What time is it? It is half past three.
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Why is it feminine?
Heure is feminine because it derives from the Latin "hora," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (the Latin -a ending typically became feminine -e in French). The word ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-European roots related to "season" or "time of year," but the feminine gender was already established in Latin.
What is the French word for hour?
The French word for hour is l' heure — feminine.
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