Is « initiative » masculine or feminine?
« initiative » is feminine. You say l'initiative.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'initiative |
| With the indefinite article | une initiative |
| With the partitive article | de l'initiative |
Plural
The plural is initiatives (les initiatives). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'initiative est punissable.
The initiative is punishable. -
Apparemment, elle prenait l'initiative.
Apparently, she took the initiative. -
Le projet est une initiative de la commune.
The project is a community initiative.
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Common questions
Is « initiative » masculine or feminine?
« initiative » is feminine. You say l'initiative.
« l'initiative » hides the gender. Is « initiative » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'initiative » for both genders, but you say une initiative, not un initiative, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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