Is « barrage » masculine or feminine?

« barrage » is masculine. You say le barrage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« barrage » is masculine. You say le barrage.

Is it « la barrage » or « le barrage »?

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


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