Is « commencement » masculine or feminine?
« commencement » is masculine. You say le commencement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le commencement |
| With the indefinite article | un commencement |
| With the partitive article | du commencement |
Plural
The plural is commencements (les commencements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
commencement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so commencement 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 « commencement » masculine or feminine?
« commencement » is masculine. You say le commencement.
Is it « la commencement » or « le commencement »?
It is « le commencement ». « la commencement » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.