Is « inventaire » masculine or feminine?
« inventaire » is masculine. You say l'inventaire.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'inventaire |
| With the indefinite article | un inventaire |
| With the partitive article | de l'inventaire |
Plural
The plural is inventaires (les inventaires). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'inventaire est plein.
The inventory is full. -
C'est l'inventaire général des œuvres d'art appartenant à la ville de Paris.
It is the general inventory of art works belonging to the City of Paris. -
Je fais l'inventaire de mes armoires pour trouver des vêtements à donner aux œuvres.
I'm going through my closet to find clothes to give to charity.
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Common questions
Is « inventaire » masculine or feminine?
« inventaire » is masculine. You say l'inventaire.
« l'inventaire » hides the gender. Is « inventaire » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'inventaire » for both genders, but you say un inventaire, not une inventaire, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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