Is « aveugle » masculine or feminine?
« aveugle » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un aveugle and une aveugle, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'aveugle |
| With the indefinite article | un aveugle / une aveugle |
| With the partitive article | de l'aveugle |
Plural
The plural is aveugles (les aveugles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Bien vu l'aveugle.
No shit, Sherlock! -
Les chiens guides aident les aveugles.
Guide dogs help blind people. -
Entre les aveugles le borgne est roi.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « aveugle » masculine or feminine?
« aveugle » works as both. You will see un aveugle and une aveugle, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un aveugle » or « une aveugle »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.