Is « mouvement » masculine or feminine?
« mouvement » is masculine. You say le mouvement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le mouvement |
| With the indefinite article | un mouvement |
| With the partitive article | du mouvement |
Plural
The plural is mouvements (les mouvements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
mouvement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so mouvement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'eus un mouvement de recul.
I cringed. -
Les mouvements ont des résultats.
Movements have results. -
Elle soutient les mouvements de base.
She supports grassroots movements.
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 « mouvement » masculine or feminine?
« mouvement » is masculine. You say le mouvement.
Is it « la mouvement » or « le mouvement »?
It is « le mouvement ». « la mouvement » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.