Is « pressentiment » masculine or feminine?

« pressentiment » is masculine. You say le pressentiment.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« pressentiment » is masculine. You say le pressentiment.

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

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


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