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la jeunesse
youth
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How do you say jeunesse in French?
How do you pronounce jeunesse in French?
jeunesse is pronounced /la ʒœnɛs/ in French.
Example sentences
La jeunesse française est très dynamique et créative.
French youth (the young people) is very dynamic and creative.
Cette jeunesse brillante a remporté tous les prix de la compétition internationale.
This brilliant youth (young group) won all the prizes in the international competition.
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Why is it feminine?
Jeunesse is feminine because it derives from Latin "juventus," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender when the word evolved through Old French "juvente" to modern "jeunesse." The suffix "-esse" reinforced its feminine classification as a common suffix for creating feminine abstract nouns in French.
What is the French word for youth?
The French word for youth is la jeunesse — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | gioventù | la | feminine |
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