Is « avenir » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « avenir » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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