Is « honneur » masculine or feminine?

« honneur » is masculine. You say l'honneur.

Article forms

With the definite article l'honneur
With the indefinite article un honneur
With the partitive article de l'honneur

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « honneur » masculine or feminine?

« honneur » is masculine. You say l'honneur.

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

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


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