Is « séquence » masculine or feminine?
« séquence » is feminine. You say la séquence.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la séquence |
| With the indefinite article | une séquence |
| With the partitive article | de la séquence |
Plural
The plural is séquences (les séquences). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
séquence ends in
-ence. Nouns ending in
-ence are usually feminine,
so séquence follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est une séquence de deux actions.
It is a sequence of two actions. -
Il a examiné les séquences image par image.
He reviewed the footage frame by frame. -
Les gènes consistent en une séquence particulière d'ADN.
Genes consist of a specific sequence of DNA.
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 « séquence » masculine or feminine?
« séquence » is feminine. You say la séquence.
Is it « le séquence » or « la séquence »?
It is « la séquence ». « le séquence » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.