Is « tremblement » masculine or feminine?

« tremblement » is masculine. You say le tremblement.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« tremblement » is masculine. You say le tremblement.

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

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


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