Is « amour » masculine or feminine?
« amour » is masculine. You say l'amour.
In English, « amour » means love.
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.
In a sentence
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L'amour blesse.
Love hurts. -
L'amour exalte.
Love elates. -
C'est ça l'amour ?
Is this love?
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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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