Theatre – le théâtre

(Pronounced tay-ah-truh)

To remember that Theatre is pronounced tay-ah-truh (théâtre) in French, use the following mnemonic:

Whenever I go to the theatre, I always take a trumpet (théâtre).

Théâtre is masculine, so it's le théâtre. Imagine the early learner in the Globe Theatre performing Shakespeare.

Examples of théâtre (theatre) in a sentence

Le théâtre est situé en face du restaurant.

(The theatre is located across from the restaurant.)

Il a étudié le théâtre classique à l'université.

(He studied classical theatre at the university.)

Nous allons au théâtre ce soir.

(We are going to the theatre tonight.)