Is « angoisse » masculine or feminine?
« angoisse » is feminine. You say l'angoisse.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'angoisse |
| With the indefinite article | une angoisse |
| With the partitive article | de l'angoisse |
Plural
The plural is angoisses (les angoisses). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'angoisse de Matthew était horrible.
Matthew's anxiety was awful. -
Son visage marqua la peur et l'angoisse.
His face registered fear and anxiety. -
Yanni entendait clairement l'angoisse dans la voix de Rima.
Yanni could clearly hear the anguish in Rima's voice.
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Common questions
Is « angoisse » masculine or feminine?
« angoisse » is feminine. You say l'angoisse.
« l'angoisse » hides the gender. Is « angoisse » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'angoisse » for both genders, but you say une angoisse, not un angoisse, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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