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.
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.
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