Is « arbre » masculine or feminine?
« arbre » is masculine. You say l'arbre.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'arbre |
| With the indefinite article | un arbre |
| With the partitive article | de l'arbre |
Plural
The plural is arbres (les arbres). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Common questions
Is « arbre » masculine or feminine?
« arbre » is masculine. You say l'arbre.
« l'arbre » hides the gender. Is « arbre » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'arbre » for both genders, but you say un arbre, not une arbre, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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