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