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