Is « artère » masculine or feminine?
« artère » is feminine. You say l'artère.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'artère |
| With the indefinite article | une artère |
| With the partitive article | de l'artère |
Plural
The plural is artères (les artères). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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On a l’âge de ses artères.
You are as old as you feel. -
La balle sectionna une artère.
The bullet cut through an artery. -
Le Nil est l'artère vitale de l'Égypte.
The Nile is the vital artery of Egypt.
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Common questions
Is « artère » masculine or feminine?
« artère » is feminine. You say l'artère.
« l'artère » hides the gender. Is « artère » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'artère » for both genders, but you say une artère, not un artère, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.