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