Is « balance » masculine or feminine?
« balance » is feminine. You say la balance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la balance |
| With the indefinite article | une balance |
| With the partitive article | de la balance |
Plural
The plural is balances (les balances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
balance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so balance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Montez sur la balance.
Step on the scale. -
Je suis pas une balance.
I'm not a snitch. -
Une balance mesure le poids.
A scale measures weight.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « balance » masculine or feminine?
« balance » is feminine. You say la balance.
Is it « le balance » or « la balance »?
It is « la balance ». « le balance » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.