esprit

Is esprit masculine or feminine?

l'esprit
/lɛspʁi/masculineimmaterial or incorporeal substance

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -it or -ut are masculine.
The whole family: -it, -ut. All masculine.
100% of -it / -ut nouns are masculine

In context

  • Une bonne idée m'a traversé l'esprit.

    A good idea came into my head.

  • Une bonne idée me vint à l'esprit.

    A good idea came into my mind.

  • Ça lui est immédiatement venu à l'esprit.

    That occurred to him at once.

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

POPULAR
le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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