Is « traumatisme » masculine or feminine?

« traumatisme » is masculine. You say le traumatisme.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« traumatisme » is masculine. You say le traumatisme.

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

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


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