Is « isolement » masculine or feminine?

« isolement » is masculine. You say l'isolement.

Article forms

With the definite article l'isolement
With the indefinite article un isolement
With the partitive article de l'isolement

Plural

The plural is isolements (les isolements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

isolement ends in -ment. Nouns ending in -ment are usually masculine, so isolement 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 « isolement » masculine or feminine?

« isolement » is masculine. You say l'isolement.

« l'isolement » hides the gender. Is « isolement » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'isolement » for both genders, but you say un isolement, not une isolement, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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