Is « traitement » masculine or feminine?

« traitement » is masculine. You say le traitement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« traitement » is masculine. You say le traitement.

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

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


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