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