Is « avatar » masculine or feminine?

« avatar » is masculine. You say l'avatar.

Article forms

With the definite article l'avatar
With the indefinite article un avatar
With the partitive article de l'avatar

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « avatar » masculine or feminine?

« avatar » is masculine. You say l'avatar.

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

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


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