Is « étranger » masculine or feminine?
« étranger » is masculine. You say l'étranger.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'étranger |
| With the indefinite article | un étranger |
| With the partitive article | de l'étranger |
Plural
The plural is étrangers (les étrangers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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C'est un étranger.
He's a stranger. -
Je suis un étranger.
I'm a foreigner. -
J'étais un étranger.
I was a stranger.
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Common questions
Is « étranger » masculine or feminine?
« étranger » is masculine. You say l'étranger.
« l'étranger » hides the gender. Is « étranger » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'étranger » for both genders, but you say un étranger, not une étranger, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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