Is « autopsie » masculine or feminine?
« autopsie » is feminine. You say l'autopsie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'autopsie |
| With the indefinite article | une autopsie |
| With the partitive article | de l'autopsie |
Plural
The plural is autopsies (les autopsies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
autopsie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so autopsie 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 « autopsie » masculine or feminine?
« autopsie » is feminine. You say l'autopsie.
« l'autopsie » hides the gender. Is « autopsie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'autopsie » for both genders, but you say une autopsie, not un autopsie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.