Is « avenue » masculine or feminine?

« avenue » is feminine. You say l'avenue.

Article forms

With the definite article l'avenue
With the indefinite article une avenue
With the partitive article de l'avenue

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « avenue » masculine or feminine?

« avenue » is feminine. You say l'avenue.

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

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


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