Is « tendance » masculine or feminine?
« tendance » is feminine. You say la tendance.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la tendance |
| With the indefinite article | une tendance |
| With the partitive article | de la tendance |
Plural
The plural is tendances (les tendances). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
tendance ends in
-ance. Nouns ending in
-ance are usually feminine,
so tendance follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il a une tendance à l'exagération.
He has a tendency toward exaggeration. -
Il est temps d'inverser la tendance.
It's time to reverse the trend. -
C'est la tendance des vingt dernières années.
That has been the tendency for the last 20 years.
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 « tendance » masculine or feminine?
« tendance » is feminine. You say la tendance.
Is it « le tendance » or « la tendance »?
It is « la tendance ». « le tendance » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.