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