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Is « camping » masculine or feminine?

« camping » is masculine. You say le camping.

Article forms

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.

In a sentence

• Ken aime faire du camping.
  Ken likes camping.
• Tom et moi aimons le camping.
  Both Tom and I like camping.
• Ils font du camping chaque été.
  They go camping every summer.

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:

• parking
• poing
• shopping
• bowling
• timing
• planning
• ring
• kidnapping

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.

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.