Accordtortue
Tortue is féminin in français. The article is la, so the full form is la tortue ("turtle").
FÉMININla tortue
turtle
ESSAIE
Comment dit-on tortue en français ?
How do you pronounce tortue in français?
tortue is pronounced /la tɔʁty/ in français.
Exemples de phrases
La tortue verte est menacée d'extinction à cause de la pollution.
The green turtle is threatened with extinction because of pollution.
Cette tortue ancienne a traversé plusieurs générations de ma famille.
This ancient turtle has lived through several generations of my family.
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Pourquoi est-ce féminin ?
Tortue is feminine because it derives from Latin "tortuca," which was itself feminine. The feminine gender was preserved through Old French into modern French. The -a ending in Latin typically marked feminine nouns, and this gender was maintained as the word evolved phonetically into French "tortue."
Comment dit-on turtle en français ?
En français, turtle se dit la tortue — feminine.
Genre selon les langues
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