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.


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