Is « ouverture » masculine or feminine?
« ouverture » is feminine. You say l'ouverture.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ouverture |
| With the indefinite article | une ouverture |
| With the partitive article | de l'ouverture |
Plural
The plural is ouvertures (les ouvertures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ouverture ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so ouverture follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Ils attendaient l'ouverture de la porte.
They were waiting for the gate to open. -
Dan fut tué deux jours avant l'ouverture du procès.
Dan was killed just two days before the trial began. -
Quelle est l'ouverture adéquate dans cette lumière ?
What is the correct aperture in this light?
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 « ouverture » masculine or feminine?
« ouverture » is feminine. You say l'ouverture.
« l'ouverture » hides the gender. Is « ouverture » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'ouverture » for both genders, but you say une ouverture, not un ouverture, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.