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.
In a sentence
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Une conscience claire génère l'harmonie.
A clear conscience creates harmony. -
L'harmonie vocale est importante dans la langue hongroise.
Vowel harmony is important in the Hungarian language. -
Dans les sports, l'harmonie de l'équipe est vitale pour le succès.
In sport, team harmony is vital to success.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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.