🇫🇷 French

inquiétudes

feminine

les inquiétudes

worries

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inquiétudes
/le ɛ̃kjetyd/
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How do you say inquiétudes in French?

IPA
/le ɛ̃kjetyd/

How do you pronounce inquiétudes in French?

inquiétudes is pronounced /le ɛ̃kjetyd/ in French.

Example sentences

L'inquiétude croissante de la mère pour son fils malade l'empêchait de dormir.

The mother's growing anxiety for her sick son prevented her from sleeping.

Cette inquiétude légitime s'est avérée justifiée lorsque les résultats sont arrivés.

This legitimate anxiety proved to be justified when the results arrived.

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Why is it feminine?

Inquiétudes is feminine because it derives from the Latin "inquietudo" (feminine), which followed the standard Latin pattern where abstract nouns ending in "-tudo" were feminine, a gender that was preserved when the word passed into Old French and Modern French.

What is the French word for worries?

The French word for worries is les inquiétudes — feminine.

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