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.
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.