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