Is « avant » masculine or feminine?
« avant » is masculine. You say l'avant.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'avant |
| With the indefinite article | un avant |
| With the partitive article | de l'avant |
Plural
The plural is avants (les avants). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Common questions
Is « avant » masculine or feminine?
« avant » is masculine. You say l'avant.
« l'avant » hides the gender. Is « avant » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'avant » for both genders, but you say un avant, not une avant, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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