Is « allure » masculine or feminine?
« allure » is feminine. You say l'allure.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'allure |
| With the indefinite article | une allure |
| With the partitive article | de l'allure |
Plural
The plural is allures (les allures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
allure ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so allure follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il a l'allure d'un mannequin.
He looks like a male model. -
Tom a une allure magnifique.
Tom looks magnificent. -
Ziri avait une allure sportive.
Ziri was athletic.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « allure » masculine or feminine?
« allure » is feminine. You say l'allure.
« l'allure » hides the gender. Is « allure » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'allure » for both genders, but you say une allure, not un allure, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.