Is « hémorragie » masculine or feminine?
« hémorragie » is feminine. You say l'hémorragie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'hémorragie |
| With the indefinite article | une hémorragie |
| With the partitive article | de l'hémorragie |
Plural
The plural is hémorragies (les hémorragies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
hémorragie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so hémorragie 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 « hémorragie » masculine or feminine?
« hémorragie » is feminine. You say l'hémorragie.
« l'hémorragie » hides the gender. Is « hémorragie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'hémorragie » for both genders, but you say une hémorragie, not un hémorragie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.