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