Is « enjeu » masculine or feminine?

« enjeu » is masculine. You say l'enjeu.

Article forms

With the definite article l'enjeu
With the indefinite article un enjeu
With the partitive article de l'enjeu

Plural

The plural is enjeux (les enjeux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

enjeu ends in -eu. Nouns ending in -eu are usually masculine, so enjeu 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 « enjeu » masculine or feminine?

« enjeu » is masculine. You say l'enjeu.

« l'enjeu » hides the gender. Is « enjeu » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'enjeu » for both genders, but you say un enjeu, not une enjeu, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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