Is « critique » masculine or feminine?

« critique » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un critique and une critique, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.

Article forms

With the definite article le critique / la critique
With the indefinite article un critique / une critique
With the partitive article du critique / de la critique

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « critique » masculine or feminine?

« critique » works as both. You will see un critique and une critique, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.

Is it « un critique » or « une critique »?

Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.


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