Is « alliance » masculine or feminine?
« alliance » is feminine. You say l'alliance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'alliance |
| With the indefinite article | une alliance |
| With the partitive article | de l'alliance |
Plural
The plural is alliances (les alliances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
alliance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so alliance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai déjà les alliances.
I already have the wedding rings. -
Il retira l'alliance de son doigt.
He took the ring off his finger. -
Barbe-Noire forma une alliance de pirates.
Blackbeard formed an alliance of pirates.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « alliance » masculine or feminine?
« alliance » is feminine. You say l'alliance.
« l'alliance » hides the gender. Is « alliance » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'alliance » for both genders, but you say une alliance, not un alliance, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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