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le salaire
salary
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How do you say salaire in French?
How do you pronounce salaire in French?
salaire is pronounced /lə salɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le salaire mensuel est trop bas pour vivre confortablement.
The monthly salary is too low to live comfortably. (masculine adjective 'mensuel' agrees with masculine noun 'salaire')
Son ancien salaire était beaucoup plus élevé que le nouveau.
His former salary was much higher than the new one. (masculine adjectives 'ancien' and 'élevé' agree with masculine noun 'salaire')
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Why is it masculine?
Salaire is masculine. It derives from the Latin "salarium" (neuter), which became masculine through the normal evolution of Latin neuter nouns in Old French, where many neuter nouns were reanalyzed as masculine based on their phonetic endings. The word originally referred to salt rations given to Roman soldiers as part of their compensation, from Latin "sal" (salt).
What is the French word for salary?
The French word for salary is le salaire — masculine.
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