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.

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.


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