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.


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