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