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