Is « assistance » masculine or feminine?
« assistance » is feminine. You say l'assistance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'assistance |
| With the indefinite article | une assistance |
| With the partitive article | de l'assistance |
Plural
The plural is assistances (les assistances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
assistance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so assistance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « assistance » masculine or feminine?
« assistance » is feminine. You say l'assistance.
« l'assistance » hides the gender. Is « assistance » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'assistance » for both genders, but you say une assistance, not un assistance, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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