🇫🇷 francês

téléphone

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 téléphone

telephone

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téléphone
/lə telefɔn/
← masculine feminine →

Como se diz téléphone em francês?

AFI
/lə telefɔn/

How do you pronounce téléphone in francês?

téléphone is pronounced /lə telefɔn/ in francês.

Frases de exemplo

Le téléphone noir est tombé par terre et s'est cassé.

The black telephone fell to the ground and broke.

Mon ancien téléphone était très lourd, mais le nouveau téléphone est léger et pratique.

My old telephone was very heavy, but the new telephone is light and practical.

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Por que é masculine?

Téléphone is masculine. While it does derive from Greek "tele" (distant) + "phone" (sound/voice), the gender assignment in French is not reliably explained by etymological origin. French assigns gender to nouns based on various factors including phonetic patterns and morphological endings, but etymology is not a consistent predictor of gender. Many words ending in "-phone" are masculine (téléphone, microphone, saxophone), but this appears to be due to the masculine ending "-one" (from Greek "-ōnē") rather than a systematic gender inheritance rule. The most practical explanation is that "téléphone" is simply masculine by convention in French, as are most words ending in "-phone".

Como se diz telephone em francês?

Em francês, telephone diz-se le téléphone — masculine.

Gênero em outros idiomas

IdiomaPalavraArtigoGênero
🇪🇸 Spanishteléfonoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesetelefoneomasculine

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