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