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.
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.