Is « croissance » masculine or feminine?

« croissance » is feminine. You say la croissance.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« croissance » is feminine. You say la croissance.

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

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


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