Is « terrorisme » masculine or feminine?

« terrorisme » is masculine. You say le terrorisme.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« terrorisme » is masculine. You say le terrorisme.

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

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


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