Is « pansement » masculine or feminine?

« pansement » is masculine. You say le pansement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« pansement » is masculine. You say le pansement.

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

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


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