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.

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.


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