Is « croyance » masculine or feminine?
« croyance » is feminine. You say la croyance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la croyance |
| With the indefinite article | une croyance |
| With the partitive article | de la croyance |
Plural
The plural is croyances (les croyances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
croyance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so croyance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La croyance est la mort de l'intelligence.
Belief is the death of intelligence. -
La croyance en Dieu n'est pas mauvaise en soi.
Belief in God is not evil per se. -
Il bataille encore avec les croyances religieuses.
He is still grappling with religious beliefs.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « croyance » masculine or feminine?
« croyance » is feminine. You say la croyance.
Is it « le croyance » or « la croyance »?
It is « la croyance ». « le croyance » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.