Is « avortement » masculine or feminine?
« avortement » is masculine. You say l'avortement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'avortement |
| With the indefinite article | un avortement |
| With the partitive article | de l'avortement |
Plural
The plural is avortements (les avortements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
avortement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so avortement 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 « avortement » masculine or feminine?
« avortement » is masculine. You say l'avortement.
« l'avortement » hides the gender. Is « avortement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'avortement » for both genders, but you say un avortement, not une avortement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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