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