Is « camarade » masculine or feminine?
« camarade » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un camarade and une camarade, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le camarade / la camarade |
| With the indefinite article | un camarade / une camarade |
| With the partitive article | du camarade / de la camarade |
Plural
The plural is camarades (les camarades). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
camarade ends in
-ade. Nouns ending in
-ade are usually feminine,
though camarade works as either gender.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Notre camarade lit un roman.
Our comrade is reading a novel. -
C'est vraiment un camarade étrange !
He is really a queer fellow! -
Les camarades connaissent nos opinions.
The comrades know our opinions.
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 « camarade » masculine or feminine?
« camarade » works as both. You will see un camarade and une camarade, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un camarade » or « une camarade »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.