Is « cachette » masculine or feminine?

« cachette » is feminine. You say la cachette.

Article forms

With the definite article la cachette
With the indefinite article une cachette
With the partitive article de la cachette

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« cachette » is feminine. You say la cachette.

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

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


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