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.

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.


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