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How do you say patience in French?
How do you pronounce patience in French?
patience is pronounced /la pasjɑ̃s/ in French.
Example sentences
La patience est une vertu très importante et elle doit être cultivée chaque jour.
Patience is a very important virtue and it must be cultivated every day. (Note: 'importante' and 'elle' agree with the feminine noun 'patience')
Cette patience exemplaire a rendu ma mère célèbre dans tout le village.
This exemplary patience made my mother famous throughout the village. (Note: 'Cette' and 'exemplaire' are feminine adjectives agreeing with 'patience')
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Why is it feminine?
Patience is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *patientia*, which was feminine in gender—a noun formation from the verb *patī* (to suffer/endure) that followed the standard -ia ending pattern for feminine nouns in Latin. This gender was preserved when the word entered Old French and remains in Modern French.
What is the French word for patience?
The French word for patience is la patience — feminine.
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