Is « patience » masculine or feminine?
« patience » is feminine. You say la patience.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la patience |
| With the indefinite article | une patience |
| With the partitive article | de la patience |
Plural
The plural is patiences (les patiences). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
patience ends in
-ence. Nouns ending in
-ence are usually feminine,
so patience follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La patience a des limites.
Patience has limits. -
Habitue-toi à la patience.
Get used to being patient. -
Ma patience a des limites.
My patience has limits.
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 « patience » masculine or feminine?
« patience » is feminine. You say la patience.
Is it « le patience » or « la patience »?
It is « la patience ». « le patience » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.