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.
In a sentence
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L'avenir le dira.
Time will tell. -
Tu as un avenir.
You have a future. -
J'ai foi en l'avenir.
I have faith in the future.
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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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