Today we’ll look at how to say neighbor (voisin, voisine) in French, as well as the word for neighborhood (quartier).
voisin
neighbor
Word origin
The Modern French noun voisin (neighbor) comes from vicinus in Latin. A related English word is vicinity (area near or surrounding a place).
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of masculine and feminine forms for neighbor: voisin, voisine – [vwazɛ̃, vwazin].
Example sentences
In this first example sentence, I used quartier for neighborhood. I could have also used the synonym voisinage (masculine noun), which is related to voisin.
Je connais presque tous les voisins dans ce quartier.
I know almost all of the neighbors in this neighborhood.
For this second example, the possessive adjectives mon and ma, meaning “my”, change based on the masculine and feminine genders.
Clément est mon voisin. Stéphanie est ma voisine.
Clément is my neighbor. Stéphanie is my neighbor.
For this final sentence, c’est is being used to mean “he is”. This can cause confusion as il est also means “he is”. This lesson explains c’est vs. il est.
Jean-Luc est mon voisin. C’est mon cousin aussi !
Jean-Luc is my neighbor. He’s also my cousin.
Related lessons
- Ville – city
- La Maison – House
- Vivre – to live (word of the day lesson)
- Habiter – to live (verb tables)
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