Is « malchance » masculine or feminine?
« malchance » is feminine. You say la malchance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la malchance |
| With the indefinite article | une malchance |
| With the partitive article | de la malchance |
Plural
The plural is malchances (les malchances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
malchance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so malchance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il attribue sa pauvreté à la malchance.
He ascribes his poverty to bad luck. -
Elle a attribué son échec à la malchance.
She ascribed her failure to bad luck. -
La malchance l'a poursuivi toute sa vie.
Misfortune dogged him all his life.
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 « malchance » masculine or feminine?
« malchance » is feminine. You say la malchance.
Is it « le malchance » or « la malchance »?
It is « la malchance ». « le malchance » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.