Is « brûlure » masculine or feminine?

« brûlure » is feminine. You say la brûlure.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« brûlure » is feminine. You say la brûlure.

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

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


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