Is « final » masculine or feminine?
« final » is masculine. You say le final.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le final |
| With the indefinite article | un final |
| With the partitive article | du final |
Plural
The plural is finaux (les finaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
final ends in
-al. Nouns ending in
-al are usually masculine,
so final follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Au final, son rêve de devenir un médecin se réalisa.
At last, her dream to be a doctor came true. -
Je croyais qu'il allait échouer à l'examen, mais au final il l'a réussi.
I thought he was going to fail the exam, but he passed after all. -
Au final, la campagne politique s'est transformée en un vilain combat.
The political campaign has turned into a dirty fight at last.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « final » masculine or feminine?
« final » is masculine. You say le final.
Is it « la final » or « le final »?
It is « le final ». « la final » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.