Is « urgence » masculine or feminine?
« urgence » is feminine. You say l'urgence.
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.
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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