Is « assaut » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « assaut » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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