Is « énergie » masculine or feminine?
« énergie » is feminine. You say l'énergie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'énergie |
| With the indefinite article | une énergie |
| With the partitive article | de l'énergie |
Plural
The plural is énergies (les énergies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
énergie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so énergie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Je n'ai pas l'énergie.
I don't have the energy. -
Qu'est-ce l'énergie noire ?
What is dark energy? -
Le café donne de l'énergie !
Coffee gives you energy!
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « énergie » masculine or feminine?
« énergie » is feminine. You say l'énergie.
« l'énergie » hides the gender. Is « énergie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'énergie » for both genders, but you say une énergie, not un énergie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.