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