Is « applaudissement » masculine or feminine?
« applaudissement » is masculine. You say l'applaudissement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'applaudissement |
| With the indefinite article | un applaudissement |
| With the partitive article | de l'applaudissement |
Plural
The plural is applaudissements (les applaudissements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
applaudissement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so applaudissement 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 « applaudissement » masculine or feminine?
« applaudissement » is masculine. You say l'applaudissement.
« l'applaudissement » hides the gender. Is « applaudissement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'applaudissement » for both genders, but you say un applaudissement, not une applaudissement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.