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