Is « bagage » masculine or feminine?

« bagage » is masculine. You say le bagage.

Article forms

With the definite article le bagage
With the indefinite article un bagage
With the partitive article du bagage

Plural

The plural is bagages (les bagages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

bagage ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so bagage 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 « bagage » masculine or feminine?

« bagage » is masculine. You say le bagage.

Is it « la bagage » or « le bagage »?

It is « le bagage ». « la bagage » is incorrect.


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