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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.