Is « adolescent » masculine or feminine?
« adolescent » is masculine. You say l'adolescent.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'adolescent |
| With the indefinite article | un adolescent |
| With the partitive article | de l'adolescent |
Plural
The plural is adolescents (les adolescents). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Tom est un adolescent.
Tom is a teenager. -
L'un des adolescents hurla.
One of the teenagers screamed. -
Je déteste les adolescents.
I detest adolescents.
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Common questions
Is « adolescent » masculine or feminine?
« adolescent » is masculine. You say l'adolescent.
« l'adolescent » hides the gender. Is « adolescent » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'adolescent » for both genders, but you say un adolescent, not une adolescent, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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