Is « médicament » masculine or feminine?

« médicament » is masculine. You say le médicament.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« médicament » is masculine. You say le médicament.

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

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


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