Is « ordure » masculine or feminine?
« ordure » is feminine. You say l'ordure.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ordure |
| With the indefinite article | une ordure |
| With the partitive article | de l'ordure |
Plural
The plural is ordures (les ordures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ordure ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so ordure follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Sors les ordures.
Take out the trash. -
C'est des ordures.
That's trash. -
Sortez les ordures.
Take the garbage out.
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 « ordure » masculine or feminine?
« ordure » is feminine. You say l'ordure.
« l'ordure » hides the gender. Is « ordure » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'ordure » for both genders, but you say une ordure, not un ordure, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.