Is « certitude » masculine or feminine?

« certitude » is feminine. You say la certitude.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« certitude » is feminine. You say la certitude.

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

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


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