🇫🇷 French

sécurité

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feminine

la sécurité

security

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sécurité
/la sekyʁite/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sécurité in French?

IPA
/la sekyʁite/

How do you pronounce sécurité in French?

sécurité is pronounced /la sekyʁite/ in French.

Example sentences

La sécurité routière est très importante pour éviter les accidents.

Road safety is very important to prevent accidents.

Cette nouvelle sécurité informatique protège nos données sensibles.

This new cybersecurity protects our sensitive data.

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Why is it feminine?

Sécurité is feminine because it derives from Latin "securitas," which was a feminine noun (following the -tas/-tatis declension pattern for abstract nouns), and French inherited this grammatical gender when the word evolved through Old French into modern French.

What is the French word for security?

The French word for security is la sécurité — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesesegurançaafeminine

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