Is « amour » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « amour » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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