🇫🇷 French

victoire

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

la victoire

victory

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victoire
/la viktwaʁ/
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How do you say victoire in French?

IPA
/la viktwaʁ/

How do you pronounce victoire in French?

victoire is pronounced /la viktwaʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La victoire éclatante de notre équipe a rempli tous les supporters de joie.

The resounding victory of our team filled all the supporters with joy.

Cette victoire importante nous a permis d'atteindre notre objectif final.

This important victory allowed us to reach our final objective.

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Why is it feminine?

Victoire is feminine because it derives from the Latin "victoria," which was grammatically feminine in Latin (following the first declension pattern of words ending in -ia), and French inherited this grammatical gender when the word evolved through sound changes and semantic continuity into "victoire."

What is the French word for victory?

The French word for victory is la victoire — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishvictorialafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianvittorialafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevitóriaafeminine

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