Is « confiance » masculine or feminine?

« confiance » is feminine. You say la confiance.

Article forms

With the definite article la confiance
With the indefinite article une confiance
With the partitive article de la confiance

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« confiance » is feminine. You say la confiance.

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

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


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