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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