Is « époque » masculine or feminine?
« époque » is feminine. You say l'époque.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'époque |
| With the indefinite article | une époque |
| With the partitive article | de l'époque |
Plural
The plural is époques (les époques). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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J'étais lycéen à l'époque.
I was a high school student at that time. -
Tom était marié à l'époque.
Tom was married then. -
J'étais jeune, à l'époque.
I was young at the time.
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Common questions
Is « époque » masculine or feminine?
« époque » is feminine. You say l'époque.
« l'époque » hides the gender. Is « époque » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'époque » for both genders, but you say une époque, not un époque, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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