Is « serment » masculine or feminine?
« serment » is masculine. You say le serment.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le serment |
| With the indefinite article | un serment |
| With the partitive article | du serment |
Plural
The plural is serments (les serments). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
serment ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so serment follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Un serment est un serment.
An oath is an oath. -
Le médecin a violé son serment d'Hippocrate.
The doctor broke the Hippocratic Oath. -
Les docteurs font le serment de ne blesser personne.
Doctors take an oath not to harm anyone.
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 « serment » masculine or feminine?
« serment » is masculine. You say le serment.
Is it « la serment » or « le serment »?
It is « le serment ». « la serment » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.