🇫🇷 French

personnalité

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feminine

la personnalité

personality

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personnalité
/la pɛʁsɔnalite/
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How do you say personnalité in French?

IPA
/la pɛʁsɔnalite/

How do you pronounce personnalité in French?

personnalité is pronounced /la pɛʁsɔnalite/ in French.

Example sentences

La personnalité charismatique de cette actrice impressionne tous les directeurs de cinéma.

The charismatic personality of this actress impresses all film directors.

Sa personnalité forte et indépendante lui a permis de devenir une avocate respectée.

Her strong and independent personality allowed her to become a respected lawyer.

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Why is it feminine?

Personnalité is feminine because it derives from the Latin "personalitas," which inherited the feminine gender of Latin nouns ending in "-itas" (a productive feminine suffix that created abstract nouns from adjectives). This Latin gender convention was preserved when the word entered French.

What is the French word for personality?

The French word for personality is la personnalité — feminine.

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