Is « cartouche » masculine or feminine?
« cartouche » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un cartouche and une cartouche, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le cartouche / la cartouche |
| With the indefinite article | un cartouche / une cartouche |
| With the partitive article | du cartouche / de la cartouche |
Plural
The plural is cartouches (les cartouches). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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J'ai acheté une cartouche de cigarettes à l'aéroport.
I bought a carton of cigarettes at the airport. -
Veuillez remplacer la cartouche d'encre vide de l'imprimante.
Please replace the empty printer cartridge. -
Il faudra que tu changes la cartouche d'encre de ton imprimante.
You need to change the ink cartridge in your printer.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « cartouche » masculine or feminine?
« cartouche » works as both. You will see un cartouche and une cartouche, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un cartouche » or « une cartouche »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.