Is « impact » masculine or feminine?
« impact » is masculine. You say l'impact.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'impact |
| With the indefinite article | un impact |
| With the partitive article | de l'impact |
Plural
The plural is impacts (les impacts). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Préparez-vous à l'impact !
Brace for impact! -
Il a survécu à l'impact d'une bombe.
He survived the impact of a bomb. -
Mon vélo s'est brisé lors de l'impact.
My bicycle broke on impact.
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Common questions
Is « impact » masculine or feminine?
« impact » is masculine. You say l'impact.
« l'impact » hides the gender. Is « impact » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'impact » for both genders, but you say un impact, not une impact, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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