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