🇫🇷 French

voisin

masculine

le voisin

neighbor

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voisin
/lə vwazɛ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say voisin in French?

IPA
/lə vwazɛ̃/

How do you pronounce voisin in French?

voisin is pronounced /lə vwazɛ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le voisin nouveau a peint sa maison en bleu.

The new neighbor (male) painted his house blue.

Notre voisin sympathique nous a invités à sa fête hier soir.

Our friendly neighbor (male) invited us to his party last night.

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Why is it masculine?

Voisin is masculine because it derives from the Latin "vicinus" (masculine), which came from "vicus" (village/neighborhood), and French nouns inherited the grammatical gender of their Latin roots. The word literally meant "one who lives nearby" and retained the masculine gender through the Romance language evolution.

What is the French word for neighbor?

The French word for neighbor is le voisin — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishvecinoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianvicinoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevizinhoomasculine

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