Reason – la raison

(Pronounced reh-zon)

To remember that Reason is pronounced reh-zon (raison) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The reason stingrays go on (raison) holiday is to rest from all that swimming.

Raison is feminine, so it's la raison. Imagine the Labrador trying to reason with a brick wall.

Examples of raison (reason) in a sentence

Il faut écouter la raison. 

(One must listen to reason.)

Il n'y a aucune raison de paniquer. 

(There is no reason to panic.)

La peinture est sa raison d'être. 

(Painting is her reason for being.)