Is « avril » masculine or feminine?
« avril » is masculine. You say l'avril.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'avril |
| With the indefinite article | un avril |
| With the partitive article | de l'avril |
Plural
The plural is avrils (les avrils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'école débute le 8 avril.
School begins on April 8. -
Je suis née le 3 avril 1950.
I was born on April 3, 1950. -
L'école commence le 10 avril.
School begins on April the tenth.
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Common questions
Is « avril » masculine or feminine?
« avril » is masculine. You say l'avril.
« l'avril » hides the gender. Is « avril » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'avril » for both genders, but you say un avril, not une avril, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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