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