Is « empire » masculine or feminine?
« empire » is masculine. You say l'empire.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'empire |
| With the indefinite article | un empire |
| With the partitive article | de l'empire |
Plural
The plural is empires (les empires). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Common questions
Is « empire » masculine or feminine?
« empire » is masculine. You say l'empire.
« l'empire » hides the gender. Is « empire » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'empire » for both genders, but you say un empire, not une empire, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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