Is « adresse » masculine or feminine?

« adresse » is feminine. You say l'adresse.

Article forms

With the definite article l'adresse
With the indefinite article une adresse
With the partitive article de l'adresse

Plural

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

Why the gender

adresse ends in -esse. Nouns ending in -esse are usually feminine, so adresse 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 « adresse » masculine or feminine?

« adresse » is feminine. You say l'adresse.

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

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


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