Is « assurance » masculine or feminine?
« assurance » is feminine. You say l'assurance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'assurance |
| With the indefinite article | une assurance |
| With the partitive article | de l'assurance |
Plural
The plural is assurances (les assurances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
assurance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so assurance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Elle a de l'assurance.
She's assertive. -
Oui, j'ai une assurance.
Yes, I have insurance. -
Avons-nous une assurance ?
Do we have insurance?
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « assurance » masculine or feminine?
« assurance » is feminine. You say l'assurance.
« l'assurance » hides the gender. Is « assurance » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'assurance » for both genders, but you say une assurance, not un assurance, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.