Is « blessure » masculine or feminine?

« blessure » is feminine. You say la blessure.

Article forms

With the definite article la blessure
With the indefinite article une blessure
With the partitive article de la blessure

Plural

The plural is blessures (les blessures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

blessure ends in -ure. Nouns ending in -ure are usually feminine, so blessure 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 « blessure » masculine or feminine?

« blessure » is feminine. You say la blessure.

Is it « le blessure » or « la blessure »?

It is « la blessure ». « le blessure » is incorrect.


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