Is « auberge » masculine or feminine?
« auberge » is feminine. You say l'auberge.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'auberge |
| With the indefinite article | une auberge |
| With the partitive article | de l'auberge |
Plural
The plural is auberges (les auberges). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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C'est l'auberge espagnole.
You get out only what you put in. -
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge.
We're not out of the woods yet. -
Tu n'es pas sorti de l'auberge.
You're not out of the woods.
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Common questions
Is « auberge » masculine or feminine?
« auberge » is feminine. You say l'auberge.
« l'auberge » hides the gender. Is « auberge » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'auberge » for both genders, but you say une auberge, not un auberge, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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