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