Is « assemblée » masculine or feminine?
« assemblée » is feminine. You say l'assemblée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'assemblée |
| With the indefinite article | une assemblée |
| With the partitive article | de l'assemblée |
Plural
The plural is assemblées (les assemblées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
assemblée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so assemblée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'assemblée se tiendra au mois de mai.
The assembly will be held in the month of May. -
L'assemblée des actionnaires a eu lieu.
The shareholders meeting was held. -
L'assemblée se tiendra au printemps prochain.
The assembly will be held next spring.
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 « assemblée » masculine or feminine?
« assemblée » is feminine. You say l'assemblée.
« l'assemblée » hides the gender. Is « assemblée » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'assemblée » for both genders, but you say une assemblée, not un assemblée, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.