Is « armement » masculine or feminine?
« armement » is masculine. You say l'armement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'armement |
| With the indefinite article | un armement |
| With the partitive article | de l'armement |
Plural
The plural is armements (les armements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
armement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so armement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'armée algérienne dépense des milliards pour l'armement seulement pour tuer des kabyles.
The Algerian army spends billions on arms only to kill Kabyle people.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « armement » masculine or feminine?
« armement » is masculine. You say l'armement.
« l'armement » hides the gender. Is « armement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'armement » for both genders, but you say un armement, not une armement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.