Is « fantasme » masculine or feminine?

« fantasme » is masculine. You say le fantasme.

Article forms

With the definite article le fantasme
With the indefinite article un fantasme
With the partitive article du fantasme

Plural

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

Why the gender

fantasme ends in -asme. Nouns ending in -asme are usually masculine, so fantasme 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 « fantasme » masculine or feminine?

« fantasme » is masculine. You say le fantasme.

Is it « la fantasme » or « le fantasme »?

It is « le fantasme ». « la fantasme » is incorrect.


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