🇫🇷 French

vote

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masculine

le vote

vote

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vote
/lə vɔt/
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How do you say vote in French?

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/lə vɔt/

How do you pronounce vote in French?

vote is pronounced /lə vɔt/ in French.

Example sentences

Le vote important a été reporté à la semaine prochaine.

The important vote was postponed to next week.

Ce vote démocratique a changé le cours de l'histoire.

This democratic vote changed the course of history.

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Why is it masculine?

Vote is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "votum" (a vow or wish), which is a neuter noun that became masculine when adopted into French, following the general pattern where Latin neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender in Romance languages.

What is the French word for vote?

The French word for vote is le vote — masculine.

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