Is « difficulté » masculine or feminine?
« difficulté » is feminine. You say la difficulté.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la difficulté |
| With the indefinite article | une difficulté |
| With the partitive article | de la difficulté |
Plural
The plural is difficultés (les difficultés). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
difficulté ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so difficulté 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 « difficulté » masculine or feminine?
« difficulté » is feminine. You say la difficulté.
Is it « le difficulté » or « la difficulté »?
It is « la difficulté ». « le difficulté » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.