Is « alarme » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « alarme » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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