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