Accordrécit
le récit
narrative
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How do you say récit in French?
How do you pronounce récit in French?
récit is pronounced /lə ʁesi/ in French.
Example sentences
Le récit intéressant du voyageur a captivé tous les auditeurs.
The interesting narrative of the traveler captivated all the listeners. (The masculine adjective 'intéressant' and article 'le' show the noun is masculine)
Cet ancien récit historique révèle des secrets oubliés.
This old historical narrative reveals forgotten secrets. (The masculine demonstrative 'cet' and masculine adjective 'ancien' confirm the masculine gender, as opposed to 'cette' and 'ancienne' which would be feminine)
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Why is it masculine?
Récit is masculine because it derives from the Latin noun "recitatus" (a masculine noun formed from the past participle of "recitare," meaning to recite or narrate). French inherited the masculine gender from Latin, following the pattern where Latin masculine nouns ending in "-atus" typically became masculine nouns in "-it" or similar forms in Old French. The word entered French as a noun rather than as a verb form, retaining its masculine gender from Latin.
What is the French word for narrative?
The French word for narrative is le récit — masculine.
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