Is « comportement » masculine or feminine?

« comportement » is masculine. You say le comportement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« comportement » is masculine. You say le comportement.

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

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


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