Is « huit » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « huit » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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