Is « idéal » masculine or feminine?
« idéal » is masculine. You say l'idéal.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'idéal |
| With the indefinite article | un idéal |
| With the partitive article | de l'idéal |
Plural
The plural is idéaux (les idéaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
idéal ends in
-al. Nouns ending in
-al are usually masculine,
so idéal follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « idéal » masculine or feminine?
« idéal » is masculine. You say l'idéal.
« l'idéal » hides the gender. Is « idéal » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'idéal » for both genders, but you say un idéal, not une idéal, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.