Is « habit » masculine or feminine?
« habit » is masculine. You say l'habit.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'habit |
| With the indefinite article | un habit |
| With the partitive article | de l'habit |
Plural
The plural is habits (les habits). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'habit fait l'homme.
Clothes make the man. -
L'habit ne fait pas le moine.
Clothes don't make the man. -
Mets les habits dans la penderie.
Put the clothes in the wardrobe.
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Common questions
Is « habit » masculine or feminine?
« habit » is masculine. You say l'habit.
« l'habit » hides the gender. Is « habit » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'habit » for both genders, but you say un habit, not une habit, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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