Is « avertissement » masculine or feminine?
« avertissement » is masculine. You say l'avertissement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'avertissement |
| With the indefinite article | un avertissement |
| With the partitive article | de l'avertissement |
Plural
The plural is avertissements (les avertissements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
avertissement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so avertissement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom ignora l'avertissement.
Tom ignored the warning. -
C'était un avertissement.
That was a warning. -
Ceci est un avertissement.
This is a warning.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « avertissement » masculine or feminine?
« avertissement » is masculine. You say l'avertissement.
« l'avertissement » hides the gender. Is « avertissement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'avertissement » for both genders, but you say un avertissement, not une avertissement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.