Is « braquage » masculine or feminine?
« braquage » is masculine. You say le braquage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le braquage |
| With the indefinite article | un braquage |
| With the partitive article | du braquage |
Plural
The plural is braquages (les braquages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
braquage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so braquage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le gang a foiré le braquage et s'est fait prendre.
The gang bungled the robbery and got caught. -
Un gangster ne ferait pas ça. Ce braquage, c'est du menu fretin.
A gangster wouldn't do that. This heist is small-time. -
Tom est membre d'un groupe de criminels spécialisé dans le braquage de banques.
Tom is a member of a group of criminals specialized in bank robbing.
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 « braquage » masculine or feminine?
« braquage » is masculine. You say le braquage.
Is it « la braquage » or « le braquage »?
It is « le braquage ». « la braquage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.