French Conversation · Level 30
89 words
French word
nécessaire
Pronunciation
IPA/nesesɛʁ/
Meaning
- adjectivenecessary
Example
Il est nécessaire de dormir huit heures.
It is necessary to sleep eight hours.
More examples
Ton passeport est nécessaire pour le voyage.
Your passport is necessary for the trip.
Core concept
A load-bearing link in a plan, where removing it causes the intended result to fail.
Common phrases
il est nécessaire de
it is necessary to ___
être nécessaire à
to be necessary for ___
absolument nécessaire
absolutely necessary
Similar words
indispensable: Absolutely needed for a purpose, with no substitute.
essentiel: Central to a purpose and impossible to do without.
obligatoire: Required by a rule or duty and not optional.
Definition in French
Qui désigne ce qui ne peut pas être omis sans compromettre un résultat attendu.
Word origin
French nécessaire comes from Latin necessarius, which is related to necessitas, the Latin noun for necessity.
Usage tips
- In Il est nécessaire de dormir, nécessaire is followed by de and an infinitive; before a noun, it agrees in gender and number.
Other meanings
- mandatoryadjective
- essentialadjective
Related words
- nécessiténecessitynoun
- nécessairementnecessarilyadverb
- nécessiterrequireverb