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