Is « performance » masculine or feminine?

« performance » is feminine. You say la performance.

Article forms

With the definite article la performance
With the indefinite article une performance
With the partitive article de la performance

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« performance » is feminine. You say la performance.

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

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


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