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.

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.


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