Is « ordre » masculine or feminine?
« ordre » is masculine. You say l'ordre.
In English, « ordre » means order (command, sequence, or tidiness).
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ordre |
| With the indefinite article | un ordre |
| With the partitive article | de l'ordre |
Plural
The plural is ordres (les ordres). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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C'est un ordre.
It's an order. -
J'ai des ordres.
I have orders. -
Est-ce un ordre ?
Is that an order?
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Common questions
Is « ordre » masculine or feminine?
« ordre » is masculine. You say l'ordre.
« l'ordre » hides the gender. Is « ordre » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'ordre » for both genders, but you say un ordre, not une ordre, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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