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.
In a sentence
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L'enthousiasme est contagieux.
Enthusiasm is contagious. -
Elle lui a redonné l'enthousiasme et l'envie de lutter.
She restored his enthusiasm and desire to fight. -
Il feint l'enthousiasme quand son patron est dans les environs.
He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.