Is « horreur » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « horreur » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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