🇫🇷 French

rêve

masculine

le rêve

dream

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rêve
/lə ʁɛv/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say rêve in French?

IPA
/lə ʁɛv/

How do you pronounce rêve in French?

rêve is pronounced /lə ʁɛv/ in French.

Example sentences

Le rêve merveilleux de mon enfance était de voyager autour du monde.

The wonderful dream of my childhood was to travel around the world.

Ce rêve récurrent m'a troublé pendant des années.

This recurring dream disturbed me for years.

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Why is it masculine?

Rêve is masculine because it derives from the Latin "rêvum" or through Old French development from Latin roots meaning "to wander" or "to rave," eventually taking on the sense of "dream" or "vision." The word follows the standard French pattern where many -e ending nouns derived from Latin are masculine when they come from masculine Latin sources or underwent gender reassignment in Old French.

What is the French word for dream?

The French word for dream is le rêve — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishsueñoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiansognoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesonhoomasculine

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