Is « enregistrement » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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