Is « expert » masculine or feminine?
« expert » is masculine. You say l'expert.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'expert |
| With the indefinite article | un expert |
| With the partitive article | de l'expert |
Plural
The plural is experts (les experts). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Ce sont des experts.
They're experts. -
C'est toi l'expert.
You're the expert. -
Tom n'est pas un expert.
Tom is no expert.
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Common questions
Is « expert » masculine or feminine?
« expert » is masculine. You say l'expert.
« l'expert » hides the gender. Is « expert » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'expert » for both genders, but you say un expert, not une expert, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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