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.

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.


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