French Conversation · Level 5
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French word
posture
Pronunciation
IPA/pɔstyʁ/
Meaning
- feminine nounposture
Example
Ta posture est droite.
Your posture is straight.
More examples
Pour éviter le mal de dos, il faut corriger sa posture.
To avoid back pain, you need to correct your posture.
Core concept
A body held in a chosen arrangement, or the attitude that arrangement displays.
Common phrases
corriger sa posture
correct one's posture
avoir une posture correcte
have good posture
Similar words
position: The placement or direction of a body or object.
attitude: A person's outlook or behavior toward someone or something.
Definition in French
Manière d'adopter une attitude ou une disposition dans une situation; au sens propre, manière de tenir le corps.
Word origin
French posture comes from Italian postura, from Latin positura, 'a placing or position,' derived from ponere, 'to place'; its bodily sense extended to a figurative stance.
Usage tips
- Posture is feminine, so the usual article is une, as in une posture droite.
Other meanings
- positionnoun
- attitudenoun
Related words
- posturalposturaladjective