Is « assassinat » masculine or feminine?

« assassinat » is masculine. You say l'assassinat.

Article forms

With the definite article l'assassinat
With the indefinite article un assassinat
With the partitive article de l'assassinat

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « assassinat » masculine or feminine?

« assassinat » is masculine. You say l'assassinat.

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

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


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