Is « divertissement » masculine or feminine?

« divertissement » is masculine. You say le divertissement.

Article forms

With the definite article le divertissement
With the indefinite article un divertissement
With the partitive article du divertissement

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« divertissement » is masculine. You say le divertissement.

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

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


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