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