Is « orgasme » masculine or feminine?
« orgasme » is masculine. You say l'orgasme.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'orgasme |
| With the indefinite article | un orgasme |
| With the partitive article | de l'orgasme |
Plural
The plural is orgasmes (les orgasmes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
orgasme ends in
-asme. Nouns ending in
-asme are usually masculine,
so orgasme 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 « orgasme » masculine or feminine?
« orgasme » is masculine. You say l'orgasme.
« l'orgasme » hides the gender. Is « orgasme » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'orgasme » for both genders, but you say un orgasme, not une orgasme, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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