Is « histoire » masculine or feminine?
« histoire » is feminine. You say l'histoire.
In English, « histoire » means story; history.
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.
In a sentence
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J'aime l'histoire.
I like history. -
L'histoire se répète.
History repeats itself. -
J'aime les histoires.
I like stories.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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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