🇫🇷 French

marché

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

le marché

market

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marché
/lə maʁʃe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say marché in French?

IPA
/lə maʁʃe/

How do you pronounce marché in French?

marché is pronounced /lə maʁʃe/ in French.

Example sentences

Le marché local est très animé le samedi matin.

The local market is very lively on Saturday mornings.

Ce grand marché ouvert a attiré beaucoup de vendeurs heureux.

This large open market attracted many happy vendors.

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Why is it masculine?

Marché is masculine because it derives from Latin "mercatus" (a masculine noun meaning market or trade), which comes from "merx" (merchandise); French retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. Like many French nouns, its gender follows the grammatical gender of the Latin word it evolved from, even though the modern French form doesn't always clearly signal that gender.

What is the French word for market?

The French word for market is le marché — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishmercadoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmercatoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemercadoomasculine

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