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