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le symptôme
symptom
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How do you say symptôme in French?
How do you pronounce symptôme in French?
symptôme is pronounced /lə sɛ̃ptom/ in French.
Example sentences
Le symptôme principal de cette maladie est la fièvre.
The main symptom of this disease is fever.
Ce symptôme étrange a inquiété le médecin lors de son diagnostic.
This strange symptom worried the doctor during his diagnosis.
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Why is it masculine?
Symptôme is masculine because it derives from the Greek "symptōma" (συμπτωμα), which was treated as a masculine noun in Latin medical terminology, and French inherited this grammatical gender when adopting the word. The Greek root combines "syn-" (together) and "ptōma" (fall/occurrence), originally meaning a coincidence or occurrence of signs.
What is the French word for symptom?
The French word for symptom is le symptôme — masculine.
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