Is « puissance » masculine or feminine?
« puissance » is feminine. You say la puissance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la puissance |
| With the indefinite article | une puissance |
| With the partitive article | de la puissance |
Plural
The plural is puissances (les puissances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
puissance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so puissance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La puissance fait le droit.
Might makes right. -
La connaissance est la puissance.
Knowledge is power. -
Tom a augmenté la puissance de sa moto.
Tom has increased the power of his bike.
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 « puissance » masculine or feminine?
« puissance » is feminine. You say la puissance.
Is it « le puissance » or « la puissance »?
It is « la puissance ». « le puissance » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.