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.
In a sentence
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Il a été blessé dans un cambriolage.
He was wounded in a burglary. -
C'était un cambriolage qui a mal tourné?
Was it a robbery gone wrong? -
Il fut envoyé en prison pour le cambriolage.
He was sent to jail for the robbery.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.