Is « épicerie » masculine or feminine?
« épicerie » is feminine. You say l'épicerie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'épicerie |
| With the indefinite article | une épicerie |
| With the partitive article | de l'épicerie |
Plural
The plural is épiceries (les épiceries). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
épicerie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so épicerie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Je fais la queue à l'épicerie.
I am in the grocery line. -
Je fais la queue devant l'épicerie.
I queue in front of the grocery store. -
Ils vendent des carottes à l'épicerie.
They sell carrots at the grocery store.
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 « épicerie » masculine or feminine?
« épicerie » is feminine. You say l'épicerie.
« l'épicerie » hides the gender. Is « épicerie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'épicerie » for both genders, but you say une épicerie, not un épicerie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.