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