Is « écart » masculine or feminine?
« écart » is masculine. You say l'écart.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'écart |
| With the indefinite article | un écart |
| With the partitive article | de l'écart |
Plural
The plural is écarts (les écarts). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Common questions
Is « écart » masculine or feminine?
« écart » is masculine. You say l'écart.
« l'écart » hides the gender. Is « écart » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'écart » for both genders, but you say un écart, not une écart, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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