Is « exercice » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « exercice » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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