Accordordinateur
l' ordinateur
computer
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How do you say ordinateur in French?
How do you pronounce ordinateur in French?
ordinateur is pronounced /lɔʁdinatœʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le nouvel ordinateur est très puissant et rapide.
The new computer is very powerful and fast.
Mon ancien ordinateur était lent, mais ce nouvel ordinateur fonctionne parfaitement.
My old computer was slow, but this new computer works perfectly.
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Why is it masculine?
Ordinateur is masculine because it derives from the Latin "ordinatorem" (nominative: "ordinator"), which referred to someone who ordains or arranges things. In French, words derived from Latin masculine nouns ending in "-or" typically remain masculine. The word was chosen in the 1950s by French IBM engineer Jacques Perret as a neologism to mean "computer," deliberately selecting a masculine Latin root.
What is the French word for computer?
The French word for computer is l' ordinateur — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | ordenador | el | masculine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | computer | il | masculine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | computador | o | masculine |
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