Key characteristics of the French language

Business-focused French translation for documentation, interfaces, legal, and marketing content through Fora's quality workflow.

Descends from Vulgar Latin; related to Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.

Nouns are masculine or feminine, which affects articles, adjectives and pronouns.

Nasal vowels, silent letters and liaison give the language its characteristic sound.

Uses the Latin alphabet with diacritics (é, è, ê, ë, ç) that affect pronunciation and distinguish homonyms.

Keeps a distinct formal register with its own pronouns, verb forms and polite vocabulary.

Quebec, Belgian, Swiss, African and Caribbean varieties each have their own vocabulary.

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