🇫🇷 French

note

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

la note

note

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note
/la nɔt/
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How do you say note in French?

IPA
/la nɔt/

How do you pronounce note in French?

note is pronounced /la nɔt/ in French.

Example sentences

La note excellente que j'ai reçue m'a rendu très heureux.

The excellent grade that I received made me very happy.

Cette note musicale douce était la plus belle de toute la composition.

This soft musical note was the most beautiful of the entire composition.

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Why is it feminine?

Note is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *nota* (feminine), which referred to a mark or sign and followed the typical Latin first-declension pattern that became feminine nouns in Romance languages. The feminine gender was simply inherited through normal linguistic transmission from Latin to Old French to Modern French.

What is the French word for note?

The French word for note is la note — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishnotalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesenotaafeminine

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