🇫🇷 French

mot de passe

masculine

le mot de passe

password

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mot de passe
/lə mo də pas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mot de passe in French?

IPA
/lə mo də pas/

How do you pronounce mot de passe in French?

mot de passe is pronounced /lə mo də pas/ in French.

Example sentences

Le mot de passe sécurisé doit contenir au moins douze caractères.

The secure password must contain at least twelve characters.

Mon ancien mot de passe était trop faible, alors j'en ai créé un nouveau.

My old password was too weak, so I created a new one.

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Why is it masculine?

Mot de passe is masculine because "mot" (word) is masculine in French. In French compound nouns, the gender is typically determined by the head noun (the first noun in the phrase). Since "mot" is masculine, the entire compound "mot de passe" is masculine. The phrase literally means "word of passage."

What is the French word for password?

The French word for password is le mot de passe — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishcontraseña flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianpassword flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesenha flips!afeminine

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