Is « soulagement » masculine or feminine?

« soulagement » is masculine. You say le soulagement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« soulagement » is masculine. You say le soulagement.

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

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


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