vérité
la vérité
truth
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How do you say vérité in French?
How do you pronounce vérité in French?
vérité is pronounced /la veʁite/ in French.
Example sentences
La vérité absolue est difficile à trouver dans ce monde complexe.
Absolute truth is difficult to find in this complex world. (The feminine adjective 'absolue' and article 'la' agree with the feminine noun 'vérité')
Cette vérité cachée a finalement été révélée après des années d'investigation.
This hidden truth was finally revealed after years of investigation. (The feminine demonstrative 'cette' and feminine adjective 'cachée' both agree with the feminine noun 'vérité')
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Why is it feminine?
Vérité is feminine because it derives from Latin "veritas," which was a feminine noun in Latin (following the -itas ending that typically produced feminine nouns), and French inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes that preserved the gender of Romance-derived words.
What is the French word for truth?
The French word for truth is la vérité — feminine.
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