🇫🇷 French

score

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le score

score

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score
/lə skɔʁ/
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How do you say score in French?

IPA
/lə skɔʁ/

How do you pronounce score in French?

score is pronounced /lə skɔʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le score final était très impressionnant et tous les commentateurs l'ont trouvé extraordinaire.

The final score was very impressive and all commentators found it extraordinary.

Ce score politique inattendu a surpris les analystes, qui le considéraient comme improbable.

This unexpected political score surprised analysts, who considered it unlikely.

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Why is it masculine?

Score is masculine in French because it was borrowed from English in the 20th century, and French typically assigns the masculine gender as the default for modern foreign borrowings that lack a clear feminine form. There's no etymological rule here—it's simply a gender assignment convention for anglicisms.

What is the French word for score?

The French word for score is le score — masculine.

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