Is « ignorance » masculine or feminine?
« ignorance » is feminine. You say l'ignorance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ignorance |
| With the indefinite article | une ignorance |
| With the partitive article | de l'ignorance |
Plural
The plural is ignorances (les ignorances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ignorance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so ignorance 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 « ignorance » masculine or feminine?
« ignorance » is feminine. You say l'ignorance.
« l'ignorance » hides the gender. Is « ignorance » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'ignorance » for both genders, but you say une ignorance, not un ignorance, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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