Is « abandon » masculine or feminine?

« abandon » is masculine. You say l'abandon.

Article forms

With the definite article l'abandon
With the indefinite article un abandon
With the partitive article de l'abandon

Plural

The plural is abandons (les abandons). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

In a sentence

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Common questions

Is « abandon » masculine or feminine?

« abandon » is masculine. You say l'abandon.

« l'abandon » hides the gender. Is « abandon » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'abandon » for both genders, but you say un abandon, not une abandon, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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