Is « baguette » masculine or feminine?
« baguette » is feminine. You say la baguette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la baguette |
| With the indefinite article | une baguette |
| With the partitive article | de la baguette |
Plural
The plural is baguettes (les baguettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
baguette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so baguette follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je suis une baguette.
I'm a baguette. -
La baguette est française.
The baguette is French. -
Ils achètent une baguette.
They're buying a baguette.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « baguette » masculine or feminine?
« baguette » is feminine. You say la baguette.
Is it « le baguette » or « la baguette »?
It is « la baguette ». « le baguette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.