Is « ambassadeur » masculine or feminine?

« ambassadeur » is masculine. You say l'ambassadeur.

Article forms

With the definite article l'ambassadeur
With the indefinite article un ambassadeur
With the partitive article de l'ambassadeur

Plural

The plural is ambassadeurs (les ambassadeurs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Common questions

Is « ambassadeur » masculine or feminine?

« ambassadeur » is masculine. You say l'ambassadeur.

« l'ambassadeur » hides the gender. Is « ambassadeur » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'ambassadeur » for both genders, but you say un ambassadeur, not une ambassadeur, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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