🇫🇷 French

libertés

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

les libertés

freedoms

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libertés
/le libɛʁte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say libertés in French?

IPA
/le libɛʁte/

How do you pronounce libertés in French?

libertés is pronounced /le 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?

Libertés 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 freedoms?

The French word for freedoms is les libertés — feminine.

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