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.
In a sentence
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Je voyagerai le huit janvier.
I will be travelling on the 8th of January. -
Des huit, seul un fut déclaré coupable.
Of the eight, only one was found guilty. -
Les huit prisonniers ont été déclarés coupables.
All eight prisoners were found guilty.
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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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