Is « cage » masculine or feminine?

« cage » is feminine. You say la cage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

cage ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so cage is one of the exceptions: it is feminine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « cage » masculine or feminine?

« cage » is feminine. You say la cage.

Is it « le cage » or « la cage »?

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


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