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.
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.