Is « altesse » masculine or feminine?
« altesse » is feminine. You say l'altesse.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'altesse |
| With the indefinite article | une altesse |
| With the partitive article | de l'altesse |
Plural
The plural is altesses (les altesses). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
altesse ends in
-esse. Nouns ending in
-esse are usually feminine,
so altesse 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 « altesse » masculine or feminine?
« altesse » is feminine. You say l'altesse.
« l'altesse » hides the gender. Is « altesse » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'altesse » for both genders, but you say une altesse, not un altesse, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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