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.
In a sentence
-
Je plaide l'ignorance.
I plead ignorance. -
Je déteste l'ignorance.
I loathe ignorance. -
L'ignorance, c'est la félicité.
Ignorance is bliss.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.