🇫🇷 French

numéro

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 numéro

number

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numéro
/lə nymeʁo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say numéro in French?

IPA
/lə nymeʁo/

How do you pronounce numéro in French?

numéro is pronounced /lə nymeʁo/ in French.

Example sentences

Le numéro principal de notre entreprise est très facile à retenir.

The main phone number of our company is very easy to remember.

Ce numéro gagnant a été tiré au hasard pendant le dernier tirage de la loterie.

This winning number was drawn at random during the last lottery draw.

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Why is it masculine?

Numéro is masculine because it derives from the Latin "numerus," which was a masculine noun. French retained the masculine gender from its Latin source through regular sound changes and morphological evolution during the development of Romance languages from Vulgar Latin.

What is the French word for number?

The French word for number is le numéro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishnúmeroelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiannumeroilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesenúmeroomasculine

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