Is « arrangement » masculine or feminine?
« arrangement » is masculine. You say l'arrangement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'arrangement |
| With the indefinite article | un arrangement |
| With the partitive article | de l'arrangement |
Plural
The plural is arrangements (les arrangements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
arrangement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so arrangement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Ma mère enseigne l'arrangement floral.
My mother teaches flower arranging. -
Elle aime composer des arrangements floraux.
She likes to arrange flowers. -
L'arrangement floral est un art traditionnel au Japon.
Flower arrangement is a traditional art in Japan.
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 « arrangement » masculine or feminine?
« arrangement » is masculine. You say l'arrangement.
« l'arrangement » hides the gender. Is « arrangement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'arrangement » for both genders, but you say un arrangement, not une arrangement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.