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.

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.


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