Is « environnement » masculine or feminine?
« environnement » is masculine. You say l'environnement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'environnement |
| With the indefinite article | un environnement |
| With the partitive article | de l'environnement |
Plural
The plural is environnements (les environnements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
environnement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so environnement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Protégez l'environnement !
Protect the environment! -
L'environnement doit être protégé.
The environment must be protected. -
Ces usines polluent l'environnement.
These factories are polluting the environment.
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 « environnement » masculine or feminine?
« environnement » is masculine. You say l'environnement.
« l'environnement » hides the gender. Is « environnement » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'environnement » for both genders, but you say un environnement, not une environnement, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.