Is « correspondance » masculine or feminine?

« correspondance » is feminine. You say la correspondance.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« correspondance » is feminine. You say la correspondance.

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

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


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