Is « vivant » masculine or feminine?
« vivant » is masculine. You say le vivant.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le vivant |
| With the indefinite article | un vivant |
| With the partitive article | du vivant |
Plural
The plural is vivants (les vivants). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Je ne redoute que les vivants !
I am only afraid of the living! -
Les morts sont utiles aux vivants.
The dead are useful to the living. -
L'écologie est l'étude du vivant qui nous entoure.
Ecology is the study of living things all around us.
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Common questions
Is « vivant » masculine or feminine?
« vivant » is masculine. You say le vivant.
Is it « la vivant » or « le vivant »?
It is « le vivant ». « la vivant » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.