Is « document » masculine or feminine?

« document » is masculine. You say le document.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« document » is masculine. You say le document.

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

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


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