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