Is « oxygène » masculine or feminine?
« oxygène » is masculine. You say l'oxygène.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'oxygène |
| With the indefinite article | un oxygène |
| With the partitive article | de l'oxygène |
Plural
The plural is oxygènes (les oxygènes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'amour est comme l'oxygène.
Love is like oxygen. -
Les arbres créent de l'oxygène.
Trees make oxygen. -
L'oxygène et l'hydrogène forment l'eau.
Oxygen and hydrogen make water.
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Common questions
Is « oxygène » masculine or feminine?
« oxygène » is masculine. You say l'oxygène.
« l'oxygène » hides the gender. Is « oxygène » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'oxygène » for both genders, but you say un oxygène, not une oxygène, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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