Is « accouchement » masculine or feminine?
« accouchement » is masculine. You say l'accouchement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'accouchement |
| With the indefinite article | un accouchement |
| With the partitive article | de l'accouchement |
Plural
The plural is accouchements (les accouchements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
accouchement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so accouchement 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 « accouchement » masculine or feminine?
« accouchement » is masculine. You say l'accouchement.
« l'accouchement » hides the gender. Is « accouchement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'accouchement » for both genders, but you say un accouchement, not une accouchement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.