Is « habitant » masculine or feminine?

« habitant » is masculine. You say l'habitant.

Article forms

With the definite article l'habitant
With the indefinite article un habitant
With the partitive article de l'habitant

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « habitant » masculine or feminine?

« habitant » is masculine. You say l'habitant.

« l'habitant » hides the gender. Is « habitant » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'habitant » for both genders, but you say un habitant, not une habitant, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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