🇫🇷 French

logiciel

masculine

le logiciel

software

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logiciel
/lə lɔʒisjɛl/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say logiciel in French?

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/lə lɔʒisjɛl/

How do you pronounce logiciel in French?

logiciel is pronounced /lə lɔʒisjɛl/ in French.

Example sentences

Le logiciel nouveau est très utile pour les graphistes.

The new software is very useful for graphic designers.

Ce logiciel français a remporté un prix international.

This French software won an international prize.

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Why is it masculine?

Logiciel is masculine because it's a modern French coinage (1960s) formed from "logique" (feminine) combined with the masculine suffix "-iel" (from Latin "-ialis"), which typically produces masculine nouns in French. The suffix's masculine gender overrides the feminine gender of the root word.

What is the French word for software?

The French word for software is le logiciel — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italiansoftwareilmasculine

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