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la liberté
freedom
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How do you say liberté in French?
How do you pronounce liberté in French?
liberté is pronounced /la libɛʁte/ in French.
Example sentences
La liberté est une valeur fondamentale et inaliénable.
Freedom is a fundamental and inalienable value. (The feminine adjectives 'fondamentale' and 'inaliénable' must agree with the feminine noun 'liberté')
Cette liberté précieuse a été longtemps refusée aux femmes.
This precious freedom was long denied to women. (The feminine article 'Cette' and feminine adjective 'précieuse' must agree with the feminine noun 'liberté')
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Why is it feminine?
Liberté is feminine because it derives from the Latin "libertas," which was feminine in gender, and French preserved the grammatical gender of its Latin ancestors along with the feminine suffix "-té" (from Latin "-tas"), which consistently produces feminine nouns in French. This suffix pattern is a reliable indicator of feminine gender in modern French for abstract nouns like "liberté," "beauté," and "qualité."
What is the French word for freedom?
The French word for freedom is la liberté — feminine.
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