Is « essai » masculine or feminine?
« essai » is masculine. You say l'essai.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'essai |
| With the indefinite article | un essai |
| With the partitive article | de l'essai |
Plural
The plural is essais (les essais). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Je ferai un essai.
I'll give it a try. -
On va faire un essai.
We'll give it a try. -
J'aime faire des essais.
I like to experiment.
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Common questions
Is « essai » masculine or feminine?
« essai » is masculine. You say l'essai.
« l'essai » hides the gender. Is « essai » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'essai » for both genders, but you say un essai, not une essai, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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