Polyglot Dictionary

parce que

/paʁs kə/

conjunction A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Conj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. because

Similar words

à cause de

parce que is a conjunction used before a clause, "because"; à cause de is a phrase used before a noun, "because of" — a useful grammatical distinction.

car

car is more formal or literary; parce que is the everyday word — both mean "because."

Similar in other languages

German

weil

weil is the German word for the same thing — both mean "because."

Spanish

porque

porque is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "because."

Practice

1 What does parce que mean?

2 Fill the gap: Je reste à la maison ___ qu'il pleut.

conjunction

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