Is « cambriolage » masculine or feminine?

« cambriolage » is masculine. You say le cambriolage.

Article forms

With the definite article le cambriolage
With the indefinite article un cambriolage
With the partitive article du cambriolage

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« cambriolage » is masculine. You say le cambriolage.

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

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


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