🇫🇷 French

message

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 message

message

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message
/lə mesaʒ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say message in French?

IPA
/lə mesaʒ/

How do you pronounce message in French?

message is pronounced /lə mesaʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le message important a été reçu hier par notre directeur.

The important message was received yesterday by our director.

Ce long message contient des informations confidentielles que nous devons protéger.

This long message contains confidential information that we must protect.

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Why is it masculine?

Message is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin *missaticum* (related to *missus*, meaning "sent"), and Latin neuter nouns ending in *-aticum* typically became masculine in French rather than feminine. It's one of many French nouns whose gender reflects the gender patterns of their Latin etymons rather than their French endings.

What is the French word for message?

The French word for message is le message — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishmensajeelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmessaggioilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemensagem flips!afeminine

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