Is « mémoire » masculine or feminine?
« mémoire » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un mémoire and une mémoire, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le mémoire / la mémoire |
| With the indefinite article | un mémoire / une mémoire |
| With the partitive article | du mémoire / de la mémoire |
Plural
The plural is mémoires (les mémoires). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Il perdit la mémoire.
He lost his memory. -
J'ai perdu la mémoire.
I've lost my memory. -
Tom a perdu la mémoire.
Tom lost his memory.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « mémoire » masculine or feminine?
« mémoire » works as both. You will see un mémoire and une mémoire, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un mémoire » or « une mémoire »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.