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