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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