🇫🇷 French

paysage

masculine

le paysage

landscape

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paysage
/lə peizaʒ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say paysage in French?

IPA
/lə peizaʒ/

How do you pronounce paysage in French?

paysage is pronounced /lə peizaʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le paysage montagneux était magnifique pendant notre randonnée.

The mountainous landscape was magnificent during our hike.

Ce paysage urbain dense contraste fortement avec le paysage rural que nous avons visité hier.

This dense urban landscape contrasts sharply with the rural landscape that we visited yesterday.

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Why is it masculine?

Paysage is masculine because it derives from Old French "pais" (country/region), which comes from Latin "pagus" (district/village). French nouns with the "-age" suffix are typically masculine, as this suffix became a productive masculine-forming suffix in Old French, even when added to roots of different genders.

What is the French word for landscape?

The French word for landscape is le paysage — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishpaisajeelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepaisagem flips!afeminine

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