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