Is « commandement » masculine or feminine?

« commandement » is masculine. You say le commandement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« commandement » is masculine. You say le commandement.

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

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


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