🇫🇷 French

voiture

feminine

la voiture

car

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voiture
/la vwatyʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say voiture in French?

IPA
/la vwatyʁ/

How do you pronounce voiture in French?

voiture is pronounced /la vwatyʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La voiture rouge est très rapide et elle est très chère.

The red car is very fast and it is very expensive.

Ma nouvelle voiture est arrivée hier; je suis très content de l'avoir.

My new car arrived yesterday; I am very happy to have it.

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Why is it feminine?

Voiture is feminine because it ends in the suffix "-ture", which is a productive feminine-forming suffix in French. Like many French nouns ending in "-ture" (such as "nature," "culture," "peinture"), this suffix consistently produces feminine nouns in French.

What is the French word for car?

The French word for car is la voiture — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishcarro flips!elmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmacchinalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecarro flips!omasculine

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