Is « balade » masculine or feminine?
« balade » is feminine. You say la balade.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la balade |
| With the indefinite article | une balade |
| With the partitive article | de la balade |
Plural
The plural is balades (les balades). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
balade ends in
-ade. Nouns ending in
-ade are usually feminine,
so balade 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 « balade » masculine or feminine?
« balade » is feminine. You say la balade.
Is it « le balade » or « la balade »?
It is « la balade ». « le balade » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.