Is « consentement » masculine or feminine?

« consentement » is masculine. You say le consentement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« consentement » is masculine. You say le consentement.

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

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


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