Is « chargement » masculine or feminine?

« chargement » is masculine. You say le chargement.

Article forms

With the definite article le chargement
With the indefinite article un chargement
With the partitive article du chargement

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« chargement » is masculine. You say le chargement.

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

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


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