Is the French word APRÈS-MIDI masculine or feminine?

In this Q&A-style video, teachers Mark and Pierre-Benoît from Coffee Break French answer learner Karen’s question about whether the French word for afternoon - après-midi - is a masculine or a feminine noun. What do you think? By the end of this short video, you’ll have the answer!

Here are the phrases included in this video:
• Un après-midi
• Une après-midi
• Cet après-midi
• Cette après-midi
• Un bel après-midi
• Une belle après-midi
• L'après-midi que nous avons passé
• L'après-midi que nous avons passée
• Cet / Cette/ C't aprèm

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[newbarker]

Does this belong to a class or group of words that can take on either gender, or is it the only word in the French language where you can decide the gender?

[edelweissapostol]

Maintenant je sais que l'après - midi peut être masculin et feminin. Merci!

[Mil-wd]

See earlier comments above - can Bon or bonne

[Ahmed-fcyz]

Very good video guys. But you missed one more example of this, which has really confused me and in searching for that I ended up on your video. I was trying to write Good Afternoon. Google translated it to 'Bonne Apres-midi' and I wrote that to my friend. But my friend told me that it's wrong. The right translation is 'Bon Apres-midi' as Afternoon is masculine in French. So I am still not sure. Which one is right? or both are right? Please suggest your answer for this. Merki :)

[sandraperrino]

American here. I see HOW to make apres midi fem & masc but under what circumstances would it be masc v fem? TY

[aashpreetkaur]

What about bonne après-midi? Is it just feminine?