Accordanimal de compagnie
False cognate alert "animal de compagnie" looks like an English word but means something different: Mascota looks like English 'mascot' and indeed can mean a mascot, but the most common everyday meaning is 'pet' (a domestic animal kept for companionship).
Animal De Compagnie is masculine in French. The article is l', so the full form is l' animal de compagnie ("pet").
MASCULINEl' animal de compagnie
pet
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animal de compagnie
/animal də kɔ̃paɲi/
← masculine
feminine →
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How do you say animal de compagnie in French?
IPA
/animal də kɔ̃paɲi/
How do you pronounce animal de compagnie in French?
animal de compagnie is pronounced /animal də kɔ̃paɲi/ in French.
Example sentences
L'animal de compagnie est très affectueux.
The pet is very affectionate.
Mon animal de compagnie préféré est le chat.
My favourite pet is the cat.
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Why is it masculine?
Animal de compagnie is masculine because animal is masculine, from Latin animal (neuter, reanalysed as masculine in Romance).
What is the French word for pet?
The French word for pet is l' animal de compagnie — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | animal de estimação | o | masculine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | animale domestico | l' | masculine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | mascota flips! | la | feminine |
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