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.


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