Is « paiement » masculine or feminine?

« paiement » is masculine. You say le paiement.

Article forms

With the definite article le paiement
With the indefinite article un paiement
With the partitive article du paiement

Plural

The plural is paiements (les paiements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

paiement ends in -ment. Nouns ending in -ment are usually masculine, so paiement 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 « paiement » masculine or feminine?

« paiement » is masculine. You say le paiement.

Is it « la paiement » or « le paiement »?

It is « le paiement ». « la paiement » is incorrect.


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