Is « histoire » masculine or feminine?

« histoire » is feminine. You say l'histoire.

Article forms

With the definite article l'histoire
With the indefinite article une histoire
With the partitive article de l'histoire

Plural

The plural is histoires (les histoires). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Common questions

Is « histoire » masculine or feminine?

« histoire » is feminine. You say l'histoire.

« l'histoire » hides the gender. Is « histoire » masculine or feminine?

It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'histoire » for both genders, but you say une histoire, not un histoire, and adjectives take the feminine form.


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