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la musique
music
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How do you say musique in French?
How do you pronounce musique in French?
musique is pronounced /la myzik/ in French.
Example sentences
La musique classique est très relaxante.
Classical music is very relaxing. (The feminine adjective 'classique' and article 'la' agree with the feminine noun 'musique')
Cette musique moderne plaît beaucoup aux jeunes.
This modern music pleases young people a lot. (The feminine demonstrative 'cette' and feminine adjective 'moderne' must agree with 'musique'; without this agreement, the sentence would be grammatically incorrect)
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Why is it feminine?
Musique is feminine because it derives from Latin "musica," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender when the word evolved through sound changes (the Latin -a ending typically becomes feminine in French). This inheritance from Latin's three-gender system explains most French noun genders, though the original reason Latin assigned "musica" to the feminine is lost to history.
What is the French word for music?
The French word for music is la musique — feminine.
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