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la médaille
medal
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How do you say médaille in French?
How do you pronounce médaille in French?
médaille is pronounced /la medaj/ in French.
Example sentences
La médaille d'or est très prestigieuse et elle a été remportée par une athlète française.
The gold medal is very prestigious and it was won by a French female athlete.
Cette nouvelle médaille commémorative est magnifique ; je l'ai reçue avec beaucoup de fierté.
This new commemorative medal is magnificent; I received it with great pride.
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Why is it feminine?
Médaille is feminine because it derives from the Latin "metallum" (metal), which became "medalia" in Late Latin. In Romance languages, nouns ending in "-alia" typically became feminine, following the pattern of Latin feminine nouns ending in "-a". This feminine gender was retained in Old French and modern French.
What is the French word for medal?
The French word for medal is la médaille — feminine.
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