Is « artifice » masculine or feminine?
« artifice » is masculine. You say l'artifice.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'artifice |
| With the indefinite article | un artifice |
| With the partitive article | de l'artifice |
Plural
The plural is artifices (les artifices). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Common questions
Is « artifice » masculine or feminine?
« artifice » is masculine. You say l'artifice.
« l'artifice » hides the gender. Is « artifice » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'artifice » for both genders, but you say un artifice, not une artifice, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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