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.
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.