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.

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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