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.
In a sentence
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Les Français appellent l'orgasme la petite mort.
The French call orgasms "la petite mort" (the little death). -
La méthode de l'injaculation rend prétendument possible aux hommes des orgasmes multiples.
The injaculation method allegedly enables men to have multiple orgasms. -
Comment vous assurer que votre petite amie ne feint pas ses orgasmes ?
How can you be sure your girlfriend isn't faking her orgasms?
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.