Is « effort » masculine or feminine?
« effort » is masculine. You say l'effort.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'effort |
| With the indefinite article | un effort |
| With the partitive article | de l'effort |
Plural
The plural is efforts (les efforts). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Fais un effort.
Try hard. -
Ils font des efforts.
They're trying. -
C'était un effort d'équipe.
It was a team effort.
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Common questions
Is « effort » masculine or feminine?
« effort » is masculine. You say l'effort.
« l'effort » hides the gender. Is « effort » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'effort » for both genders, but you say un effort, not une effort, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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