Is « écurie » masculine or feminine?
« écurie » is feminine. You say l'écurie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'écurie |
| With the indefinite article | une écurie |
| With the partitive article | de l'écurie |
Plural
The plural is écuries (les écuries). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
écurie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so écurie 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 « écurie » masculine or feminine?
« écurie » is feminine. You say l'écurie.
« l'écurie » hides the gender. Is « écurie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'écurie » for both genders, but you say une écurie, not un écurie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.