Is « inquiétude » masculine or feminine?
« inquiétude » is feminine. You say l'inquiétude.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'inquiétude |
| With the indefinite article | une inquiétude |
| With the partitive article | de l'inquiétude |
Plural
The plural is inquiétudes (les inquiétudes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
inquiétude ends in
-ude. Nouns ending in
-ude are usually feminine,
so inquiétude follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est une inquiétude justifiée.
It's a legitimate worry. -
Son visage reflétait l'inquiétude.
Her face reflected alarm. -
Oublie les inquiétudes de la vie et apprends à te détendre.
Forget the anxieties of life and learn to relax.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « inquiétude » masculine or feminine?
« inquiétude » is feminine. You say l'inquiétude.
« l'inquiétude » hides the gender. Is « inquiétude » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'inquiétude » for both genders, but you say une inquiétude, not un inquiétude, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.