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