Is « vengeance » masculine or feminine?

« vengeance » is feminine. You say la vengeance.

Article forms

With the definite article la vengeance
With the indefinite article une vengeance
With the partitive article de la vengeance

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« vengeance » is feminine. You say la vengeance.

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

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


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