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