Is « entrepreneur » masculine or feminine?

« entrepreneur » is masculine. You say l'entrepreneur.

Article forms

With the definite article l'entrepreneur
With the indefinite article un entrepreneur
With the partitive article de l'entrepreneur

Plural

The plural is entrepreneurs (les entrepreneurs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Common questions

Is « entrepreneur » masculine or feminine?

« entrepreneur » is masculine. You say l'entrepreneur.

« l'entrepreneur » hides the gender. Is « entrepreneur » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'entrepreneur » for both genders, but you say un entrepreneur, not une entrepreneur, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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