Accordquestion
Question is féminin in français. The article is la, so the full form is la question ("question").
FÉMININla question
question
ESSAIE
Comment dit-on question en français ?
How do you pronounce question in français?
question is pronounced /la kɛstjɔ̃/ in français.
Exemples de phrases
La question est très importante et elle mérite une réponse sérieuse.
The question is very important and it deserves a serious answer.
Cette vieille question a été posée plusieurs fois, mais personne n'a trouvé la bonne réponse.
This old question has been asked several times, but nobody has found the right answer.
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Pourquoi est-ce féminin ?
Question is feminine in French because it derives from Latin *quaestio* (feminine), which belonged to the third declension (not first declension) and ended in *-io*. Third declension nouns ending in *-io* were typically feminine in Latin. This feminine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Old French and Modern French.
Comment dit-on question en français ?
En français, question se dit la question — feminine.
Genre selon les langues
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