Is « baie » masculine or feminine?
« baie » is feminine. You say la baie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la baie |
| With the indefinite article | une baie |
| With the partitive article | de la baie |
Plural
The plural is baies (les baies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
baie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so baie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je mange des baies.
I eat berries. -
Le pont traverse la baie.
The bridge crosses the bay. -
Les ours aiment les baies.
Bears love berries.
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 « baie » masculine or feminine?
« baie » is feminine. You say la baie.
Is it « le baie » or « la baie »?
It is « la baie ». « le baie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.