Is « atout » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « atout » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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