Is « torture » masculine or feminine?

« torture » is feminine. You say la torture.

Article forms

With the definite article la torture
With the indefinite article une torture
With the partitive article de la torture

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« torture » is feminine. You say la torture.

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

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


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