Is « appartement » masculine or feminine?
« appartement » is masculine. You say l'appartement.
In English, « appartement » means apartment.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'appartement |
| With the indefinite article | un appartement |
| With the partitive article | de l'appartement |
Plural
The plural is appartements (les appartements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
appartement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so appartement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'étais à l'appartement.
I was at home. -
Je vis dans un appartement.
I live in a flat. -
Il vit dans un appartement.
He lives in a flat.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « appartement » masculine or feminine?
« appartement » is masculine. You say l'appartement.
« l'appartement » hides the gender. Is « appartement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'appartement » for both genders, but you say un appartement, not une appartement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.