Is « batterie » masculine or feminine?
« batterie » is feminine. You say la batterie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la batterie |
| With the indefinite article | une batterie |
| With the partitive article | de la batterie |
Plural
The plural is batteries (les batteries). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
batterie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so batterie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La batterie est morte.
The battery died. -
La batterie est à plat.
The battery's dead. -
La batterie est faible.
The drum is weak.
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 « batterie » masculine or feminine?
« batterie » is feminine. You say la batterie.
Is it « le batterie » or « la batterie »?
It is « la batterie ». « le batterie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.