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.
In a sentence
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Donne moi l'armure.
Give me the armor. -
L'armure doit bien présenter une fente.
There must be a chink in the armour somewhere. -
L'armure du chevalier brillait au soleil.
The knight's armour gleamed in the sun.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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.