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