🇫🇷 francese

désir

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le désir

desire

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désir
/lə deziʁ/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice désir in francese?

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/lə deziʁ/

How do you pronounce désir in francese?

désir is pronounced /lə deziʁ/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

Le désir intense de voyager l'a poussé à quitter son emploi.

The intense desire to travel pushed him to leave his job.

Son désir profond était sincère, mais il ne l'a jamais exprimé.

His deep desire was sincere, but he never expressed it.

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Perché è masculine?

Désir is masculine because it derives from Latin "desiderium," which was a neuter noun. When Old French adopted it, the Latin neuter ending "-ium" was reanalyzed and the word developed the masculine ending "-ir", causing it to shift to masculine gender. This reflects a common pattern in Romance languages where Latin neuter nouns were redistributed to masculine or feminine genders.

Come si dice desire in francese?

In francese, desire si dice le désir — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

LinguaParolaArticoloGenere
🇪🇸 Spanishdeseoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedesejoomasculine

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