Is « attitude » masculine or feminine?

« attitude » is feminine. You say l'attitude.

Article forms

With the definite article l'attitude
With the indefinite article une attitude
With the partitive article de l'attitude

Plural

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

Why the gender

attitude ends in -ude. Nouns ending in -ude are usually feminine, so attitude 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 « attitude » masculine or feminine?

« attitude » is feminine. You say l'attitude.

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

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


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