Is « audience » masculine or feminine?
« audience » is feminine. You say l'audience.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'audience |
| With the indefinite article | une audience |
| With the partitive article | de l'audience |
Plural
The plural is audiences (les audiences). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
audience ends in
-ence. Nouns ending in
-ence are usually feminine,
so audience follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'audience a eu lieu à huis-clos.
The hearing were made off-limits to the press. -
Le film passionna toute l'audience.
The movie thrilled the entire audience. -
L'audience fut profondément affectée.
The audience was deeply affected.
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 « audience » masculine or feminine?
« audience » is feminine. You say l'audience.
« l'audience » hides the gender. Is « audience » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'audience » for both genders, but you say une audience, not un audience, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.