Is « lendemain » masculine or feminine?

« lendemain » is masculine. You say le lendemain.

Article forms

With the definite article le lendemain
With the indefinite article un lendemain
With the partitive article du lendemain

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« lendemain » is masculine. You say le lendemain.

Is it « la lendemain » or « le lendemain »?

It is « le lendemain ». « la lendemain » is incorrect.


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