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.
In a sentence
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Le tourisme est un terrorisme.
Tourism is terrorism. -
Nous ne soutiendrons jamais le terrorisme.
We will never support terrorism. -
Nous ne tolérerons jamais le terrorisme.
We will never countenance terrorism.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.