Is « ambulance » masculine or feminine?
« ambulance » is feminine. You say l'ambulance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ambulance |
| With the indefinite article | une ambulance |
| With the partitive article | de l'ambulance |
Plural
The plural is ambulances (les ambulances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ambulance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so ambulance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Appelez une ambulance.
Call an ambulance. -
L'ambulance est arrivée.
The ambulance has arrived. -
Requiers-tu une ambulance ?
Do you need an ambulance?
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 « ambulance » masculine or feminine?
« ambulance » is feminine. You say l'ambulance.
« l'ambulance » hides the gender. Is « ambulance » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'ambulance » for both genders, but you say une ambulance, not un ambulance, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.