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l' université
university
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How do you say université in French?
How do you pronounce université in French?
université is pronounced /lynivɛʁsite/ in French.
Example sentences
L'université française est très ancienne et réputée dans le monde entier.
The French university is very old and renowned throughout the world.
L'université était fermée pendant les vacances d'été, donc elle était complètement vide.
The university was closed during summer vacation, so it was completely empty.
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Why is it feminine?
Université is feminine because it derives from the Latin "universitas," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender when the word entered the language in the medieval period. The Latin term originally referred to a guild or association of scholars, and its feminine gender persisted through Old French into modern French.
What is the French word for university?
The French word for university is l' université — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | universidad | la | feminine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | università | l' | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | universidade | a | feminine |
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