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le recyclage
recycling
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How do you say recyclage in French?
How do you pronounce recyclage in French?
recyclage is pronounced /lə ʁəsiklaʒ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le recyclage est un processus important pour protéger notre environnement.
Recycling is an important process to protect our environment. (The masculine article 'le' and masculine adjective 'important' agree with 'recyclage')
Ce nouveau recyclage des plastiques a été très efficace et récompensé par le gouvernement.
This new recycling of plastics was very effective and rewarded by the government. (The masculine adjectives 'nouveau' and 'efficace' must agree with the masculine noun 'recyclage', which determines gender agreement throughout the sentence)
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Why is it masculine?
Recyclage is masculine because it derives from the prefix "re-" plus the verb "cycler" (itself from English "cycle"), and French verbal nouns ending in "-age" are typically masculine by convention, a pattern inherited from Latin "-aticum" endings that became masculine in Old French. This is an arbitrary grammatical rule rather than a semantic one, as many French nouns ending in "-age" (like "message," "passage," and "voyage") are all masculine regardless of their meaning.
What is the French word for recycling?
The French word for recycling is le recyclage — masculine.
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