Is « camping » masculine or feminine?

« camping » is masculine. You say le camping.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« camping » is masculine. You say le camping.

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

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


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