Is « urgence » masculine or feminine?
« urgence » is feminine. You say l'urgence.
In English, « urgence » means emergency; urgency; (plural) the ER.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'urgence |
| With the indefinite article | une urgence |
| With the partitive article | de l'urgence |
Plural
The plural is urgences (les urgences). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
urgence ends in
-ence. Nouns ending in
-ence are usually feminine,
so urgence follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est une urgence.
It's an emergency. -
J'ai une urgence.
I've got an emergency. -
On a une urgence.
We have an emergency.
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 « urgence » masculine or feminine?
« urgence » is feminine. You say l'urgence.
« l'urgence » hides the gender. Is « urgence » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'urgence » for both genders, but you say une urgence, not un urgence, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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