Is « emplacement » masculine or feminine?
« emplacement » is masculine. You say l'emplacement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'emplacement |
| With the indefinite article | un emplacement |
| With the partitive article | de l'emplacement |
Plural
The plural is emplacements (les emplacements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
emplacement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so emplacement 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 « emplacement » masculine or feminine?
« emplacement » is masculine. You say l'emplacement.
« l'emplacement » hides the gender. Is « emplacement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'emplacement » for both genders, but you say un emplacement, not une emplacement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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