🇫🇷 French

parc

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 parc

park

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parc
/lə paʁk/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say parc in French?

IPA
/lə paʁk/

How do you pronounce parc in French?

parc is pronounced /lə paʁk/ in French.

Example sentences

Le parc est très grand et très beau.

The park is very large and very beautiful. (masculine adjectives 'grand' and 'beau' agree with masculine noun 'parc')

Ce parc nouveau que j'ai découvert est absolument magnifique.

This new park that I discovered is absolutely magnificent. (masculine demonstrative 'ce' and masculine adjectives 'nouveau' and 'magnifique' agree with masculine noun 'parc')

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Why is it masculine?

Parc is masculine because it derives from Latin "parcus," which was a masculine noun meaning an enclosed space or park. French inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself during the natural evolution from Latin, where noun genders were a fundamental structural feature of the language.

What is the French word for park?

The French word for park is le parc — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianparcoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseparqueomasculine

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