Is « écriture » masculine or feminine?
« écriture » is feminine. You say l'écriture.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'écriture |
| With the indefinite article | une écriture |
| With the partitive article | de l'écriture |
Plural
The plural is écritures (les écritures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
écriture ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so écriture follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom a abandonné l'écriture.
Tom stopped writing. -
Il est doué pour l'écriture.
He has talent in writing. -
Elle a du talent pour l'écriture.
She has talent in writing.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « écriture » masculine or feminine?
« écriture » is feminine. You say l'écriture.
« l'écriture » hides the gender. Is « écriture » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'écriture » for both genders, but you say une écriture, not un écriture, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.