Is « régiment » masculine or feminine?

« régiment » is masculine. You say le régiment.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« régiment » is masculine. You say le régiment.

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

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


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