Is « compliment » masculine or feminine?

« compliment » is masculine. You say le compliment.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

compliment ends in -ment. Nouns ending in -ment are usually masculine, so compliment follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « compliment » masculine or feminine?

« compliment » is masculine. You say le compliment.

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

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

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.