🇫🇷 French

petit ami

Petit Ami is masculine in French. The article is le, so the full form is le petit ami ("boyfriend").

MASCULINE

le petit ami

boyfriend

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petit ami
/pə.ti.t‿a.mi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say petit ami in French?

IPA
/pə.ti.t‿a.mi/

How do you pronounce petit ami in French?

petit ami is pronounced /pə.ti.t‿a.mi/ in French.

Example sentences

Le petit ami de Marie est gentil.

Marie's boyfriend is kind.

Mon petit ami arrive ce soir.

My boyfriend is arriving tonight.

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Why is it masculine?

Petit ami is masculine; the noun ami (from Latin amicus) is masculine and the adjective petit takes the masculine form.

What is the French word for boyfriend?

The French word for boyfriend is le petit ami — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishnovioelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfidanzatoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesenamoradoomasculine

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