Is « lance » masculine or feminine?
« lance » is feminine. You say la lance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la lance |
| With the indefinite article | une lance |
| With the partitive article | de la lance |
Plural
The plural is lances (les lances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
lance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so lance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Voici une lance.
This is a lance. -
Ils nous ont jeté des lances.
They threw spears at us. -
Il jeta une lance sur l'ennemi.
He hurled a spear at his enemy.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « lance » masculine or feminine?
« lance » is feminine. You say la lance.
Is it « le lance » or « la lance »?
It is « la lance ». « le lance » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.