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