Accordportefeuille
le portefeuille
wallet
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How do you say portefeuille in French?
How do you pronounce portefeuille in French?
portefeuille is pronounced /lə pɔʁtəfœj/ in French.
Example sentences
Le portefeuille noir que j'ai perdu contenait mes documents importants.
The black wallet that I lost contained my important documents.
Mon portefeuille est devenu trop petit pour ranger tous mes nouveaux cartes bancaires.
My wallet became too small to store all my new bank cards.
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Why is it masculine?
Portefeuille is masculine because it is a compound noun formed from "porter" (to carry) and "feuille" (leaf/sheet). In French compounds, the gender typically follows the final element; however, "portefeuille" is masculine because "feuille" in this context refers to sheets of paper/documents (a semantic shift), and the compound as a whole was lexicalized as masculine. The masculine gender may also reflect the influence of related masculine nouns or simply became established through historical usage.
What is the French word for wallet?
The French word for wallet is le portefeuille — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | cartera flips! | la | feminine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | portafoglio | il | masculine |
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