Is « incident » masculine or feminine?

« incident » is masculine. You say l'incident.

Article forms

With the definite article l'incident
With the indefinite article un incident
With the partitive article de l'incident

Plural

The plural is incidents (les incidents). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Common questions

Is « incident » masculine or feminine?

« incident » is masculine. You say l'incident.

« l'incident » hides the gender. Is « incident » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'incident » for both genders, but you say un incident, not une incident, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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