Is « saignement » masculine or feminine?
« saignement » is masculine. You say le saignement.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le saignement |
| With the indefinite article | un saignement |
| With the partitive article | du saignement |
Plural
The plural is saignements (les saignements). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
saignement ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so saignement follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J’ai un saignement de nez.
I have a nosebleed. -
Je suis parvenu à arrêter le saignement.
I've managed to stop the bleeding. -
Je suis enceinte et j’ai des saignements.
I'm pregnant and I'm bleeding.
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 « saignement » masculine or feminine?
« saignement » is masculine. You say le saignement.
Is it « la saignement » or « le saignement »?
It is « le saignement ». « la saignement » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.