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