Is « aspirine » masculine or feminine?

« aspirine » is feminine. You say l'aspirine.

Article forms

With the definite article l'aspirine
With the indefinite article une aspirine
With the partitive article de l'aspirine

Plural

The plural is aspirines (les aspirines). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Common questions

Is « aspirine » masculine or feminine?

« aspirine » is feminine. You say l'aspirine.

« l'aspirine » hides the gender. Is « aspirine » masculine or feminine?

It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'aspirine » for both genders, but you say une aspirine, not un aspirine, and adjectives take the feminine form.


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