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.
In a sentence
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Des allergies ?
Any allergies? -
Tom a des allergies.
Tom has allergies. -
A-t-elle des allergies ?
Does she have any allergies?
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 « 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.