🇫🇷 French

village

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masculine

le village

village

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village
/lə vilaʒ/
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How do you say village in French?

IPA
/lə vilaʒ/

How do you pronounce village in French?

village is pronounced /lə vilaʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le village ancien était très pittoresque avec ses maisons en pierre.

The old village was very picturesque with its stone houses.

Ce petit village français a conservé son charme traditionnel.

This small French village has retained its traditional charm.

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Why is it masculine?

Village is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "villāticum" (adjective form of "villa," a country estate), and French retained the masculine gender of this Latin source word. The suffix "-age" in French is typically masculine, which reinforced this gender assignment.

What is the French word for village?

The French word for village is le village — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishaldea flips!lafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianvillaggioilmasculine

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