Is « attentat » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « attentat » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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