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.
In a sentence
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L'enfant a subi un traumatisme majeur.
The child has suffered a severe trauma. -
As-tu déjà subi un traumatisme crânien ?
Have you ever had a head injury? -
Il ne parlait jamais du traumatisme qu'il avait subi enfant.
He never talked about the trauma he suffered as a child.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.