Is « envoi » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « envoi » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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