Is « impôt » masculine or feminine?
« impôt » is masculine. You say l'impôt.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'impôt |
| With the indefinite article | un impôt |
| With the partitive article | de l'impôt |
Plural
The plural is impôts (les impôts). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Je paie des impôts.
I pay taxes. -
Il a réduit les impôts.
He cut taxes. -
Nous devons payer l'impôt.
We must pay the tax.
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Common questions
Is « impôt » masculine or feminine?
« impôt » is masculine. You say l'impôt.
« l'impôt » hides the gender. Is « impôt » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'impôt » for both genders, but you say un impôt, not une impôt, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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