Is « anomalie » masculine or feminine?

« anomalie » is feminine. You say l'anomalie.

Article forms

With the definite article l'anomalie
With the indefinite article une anomalie
With the partitive article de l'anomalie

Plural

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

Why the gender

anomalie ends in -ie. Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine, so anomalie follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « anomalie » masculine or feminine?

« anomalie » is feminine. You say l'anomalie.

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

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


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