Is « arme » masculine or feminine?
« arme » is feminine. You say l'arme.
In English, « arme » means weapon.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'arme |
| With the indefinite article | une arme |
| With the partitive article | de l'arme |
Plural
The plural is armes (les armes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Bas les armes !
Put down your weapons! -
Lâchez l'arme !
Drop the gun. -
C'est une arme.
It's a weapon.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « arme » masculine or feminine?
« arme » is feminine. You say l'arme.
« l'arme » hides the gender. Is « arme » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'arme » for both genders, but you say une arme, not un arme, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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