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