Is « humour » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « humour » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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


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