Is « orchestre » masculine or feminine?
« orchestre » is masculine. You say l'orchestre.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'orchestre |
| With the indefinite article | un orchestre |
| With the partitive article | de l'orchestre |
Plural
The plural is orchestres (les orchestres). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'orchestre joue.
The orchestra is playing. -
L'orchestre a bien joué.
The orchestra played well. -
L'orchestre joue faux.
The orchestra is playing out of tune.
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Common questions
Is « orchestre » masculine or feminine?
« orchestre » is masculine. You say l'orchestre.
« l'orchestre » hides the gender. Is « orchestre » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'orchestre » for both genders, but you say un orchestre, not une orchestre, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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