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.


Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.