patience

Is patience masculine or feminine?

lapatience
/la pasjɑ̃s/femininepatience

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ence are usually feminine.
The suffix forms abstract nouns, often from verbs.
97.6% of -ence nouns are feminine
Exceptions

These end in -ence too, but they are masculine.

lesilencelepence

In context

  • Maîtriser une langue étrangère demande de la patience.

    Mastering a foreign language calls for patience.

  • La patience est la mère de la science.

    Patience is the mother of science.

  • Tu commences vraiment à tester ma patience, Jérémie !

    You're really starting to try my patience Jimmy!

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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