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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.