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