Is « existence » masculine or feminine?
« existence » is feminine. You say l'existence.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'existence |
| With the indefinite article | une existence |
| With the partitive article | de l'existence |
Plural
The plural is existences (les existences). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
existence ends in
-ence. Nouns ending in
-ence are usually feminine,
so existence follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « existence » masculine or feminine?
« existence » is feminine. You say l'existence.
« l'existence » hides the gender. Is « existence » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'existence » for both genders, but you say une existence, not un existence, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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