Is « gémissement » masculine or feminine?

« gémissement » is masculine. You say le gémissement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« gémissement » is masculine. You say le gémissement.

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

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


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