Is « enseignement » masculine or feminine?
« enseignement » is masculine. You say l'enseignement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'enseignement |
| With the indefinite article | un enseignement |
| With the partitive article | de l'enseignement |
Plural
The plural is enseignements (les enseignements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
enseignement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so enseignement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il est actif dans l'enseignement.
He is engaged in teaching. -
Il est allé dans l'enseignement.
He went into teaching. -
Elle est allée dans l'enseignement.
She went into teaching.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « enseignement » masculine or feminine?
« enseignement » is masculine. You say l'enseignement.
« l'enseignement » hides the gender. Is « enseignement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'enseignement » for both genders, but you say un enseignement, not une enseignement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.