🇫🇷 francese

absence

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

l' absence

absence

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absence
/lapsɑ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice absence in francese?

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/lapsɑ̃s/

How do you pronounce absence in francese?

absence is pronounced /lapsɑ̃s/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

L'absence prolongée de ma mère m'a rendu triste.

My mother's prolonged absence made me sad.

Cette absence injustifiée sera signalée à la directrice.

This unjustified absence will be reported to the principal.

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Perché è feminine?

Absence is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin noun *absentia*, which is feminine (following the first declension ending in *-ia*), and this grammatical gender was preserved when the word entered French. Like many French nouns ending in *-ence* (such as *présence*, *essence*, *patience*), it retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor.

Come si dice absence in francese?

In francese, absence si dice l' absence — feminine.

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