Grammatical class

Noun

devoir

duty

Details

Syllables

de-voir

Phonetics

də.vwaʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1832

Freq. (movies)

750

Freq. (news)

1289

Variants

Sentences

Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi.

It is my duty to protect the king.

A1

C’est ton devoir.

That's your duty.

A1

C'est leur devoir.

It is their duty.

A1

Remets ton devoir !

Turn in your homework.

A1

C'est notre devoir.

It's our duty.

A1

Tom a accompli son devoir.

Tom did his duty.

A2

C'est ton devoir d'étudier.

It is your duty to study.

A2

Je ne fis que mon devoir.

I only did my duty.

B1

Voter, c'est votre devoir civique.

Voting is your civic duty.

B1

Je ressens la conscience du devoir.

I feel a sense of duty.

B1

Elle entreprit de faire son devoir.

She endeavored to do her duty.

B1

Voter est ton devoir civique.

It's your civic duty to vote.

B2