Is « battement » masculine or feminine?
« battement » is masculine. You say le battement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le battement |
| With the indefinite article | un battement |
| With the partitive article | du battement |
Plural
The plural is battements (les battements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
battement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so battement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'entends les battements de cœur du fœtus.
I hear foetal heart sounds. -
Marie sentit les battements de son cœur s'accélérer.
Mary felt her heart rate increase. -
Parlez des anges et vous entendez le battement de leurs ailes.
Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
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 « battement » masculine or feminine?
« battement » is masculine. You say le battement.
Is it « la battement » or « le battement »?
It is « le battement ». « la battement » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.