🇫🇷 French

regard

masculine

le regard

look

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regard
/lə ʁəɡaʁ/
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How do you say regard in French?

IPA
/lə ʁəɡaʁ/

How do you pronounce regard in French?

regard is pronounced /lə ʁəɡaʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le regard bleu de cet homme était intense et captivant.

That man's blue gaze was intense and captivating.

Son premier regard noir m'a fait comprendre qu'il était fâché.

His first dark look made me understand that he was angry.

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Why is it masculine?

Regard is masculine in French. While it derives from Old French "garder" (to watch/guard), the noun "regard" developed as a masculine form, likely influenced by the productive -ard suffix pattern in French which tends to create masculine nouns (like "pochard", "pommard", "canard"). The word's gender is regular for French nouns with this suffix.

What is the French word for look?

The French word for look is le regard — masculine.

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