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.
In a sentence
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C'est la manière dont le monde prend fin : pas dans un éclat mais dans un gémissement.
This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.