Is « aventure » masculine or feminine?
« aventure » is feminine. You say l'aventure.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'aventure |
| With the indefinite article | une aventure |
| With the partitive article | de l'aventure |
Plural
The plural is aventures (les aventures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
aventure ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so aventure follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il aime l'aventure.
He likes adventure. -
J'adore l'aventure.
I love adventure. -
J'aime les aventures.
I like adventures.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « aventure » masculine or feminine?
« aventure » is feminine. You say l'aventure.
« l'aventure » hides the gender. Is « aventure » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'aventure » for both genders, but you say une aventure, not un aventure, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.