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