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