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.
In a sentence
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Ziri est un ambassadeur.
Ziri is an ambassador. -
L'ambassadeur est revenu.
The ambassador returned. -
Martino était avec l'ambassadeur.
Martino was with the ambassador.
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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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.