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.
In a sentence
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Les applaudissements ont fusé.
Applause broke out. -
J'entendais des applaudissements.
I could hear everybody cheering. -
John a entendu des applaudissements.
John heard cheers.
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 « 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.