Is « hôpital » masculine or feminine?
« hôpital » is masculine. You say l'hôpital.
In English, « hôpital » means hospital.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'hôpital |
| With the indefinite article | un hôpital |
| With the partitive article | de l'hôpital |
Plural
The plural is hôpitaux (les hôpitaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
hôpital ends in
-al. Nouns ending in
-al are usually masculine,
so hôpital follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Va à l'hôpital.
Go to the hospital. -
Où est l'hôpital ?
Where's the hospital? -
C'est un hôpital.
It's a hospital.
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 « hôpital » masculine or feminine?
« hôpital » is masculine. You say l'hôpital.
« l'hôpital » hides the gender. Is « hôpital » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'hôpital » for both genders, but you say un hôpital, not une hôpital, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.