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