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How do you say justice in French?
How do you pronounce justice in French?
justice is pronounced /la ʒystis/ in French.
Example sentences
La justice française est réputée très rigoureuse et impartiale.
French justice is reputed to be very rigorous and impartial. (The feminine adjectives 'française' and 'impartiale' agree with the feminine noun 'justice')
Cette nouvelle justice est plus accessible et transparente pour tous les citoyens.
This new justice is more accessible and transparent for all citizens. (The feminine adjectives 'nouvelle', 'accessible', and 'transparente' agree with the feminine noun 'justice')
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Why is it feminine?
Justice is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *iustitia*, which was grammatically feminine as a first-declension Latin noun ending in *-ia*—a suffix that typically produced feminine nouns in both Latin and the Romance languages that inherited them. This Latin feminine gender was preserved through Old French and into Modern French, where most *-ia*/-*-ice* nouns remain feminine.
What is the French word for justice?
The French word for justice is la justice — feminine.
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