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.
In a sentence
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C'est un incident mineur.
It's a trifling incident. -
Parlez-moi de l'incident.
Tell me about the incident. -
L'incident l'a rendu célèbre.
The event made him famous.
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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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.