Is « capacité » masculine or feminine?
« capacité » is feminine. You say la capacité.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la capacité |
| With the indefinite article | une capacité |
| With the partitive article | de la capacité |
Plural
The plural is capacités (les capacités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
capacité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so capacité follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Parler est une capacité humaine.
Talking is a human ability. -
L'homme a la capacité de parler.
Man has the ability to speak. -
Vous avez les capacités nécessaires.
You have the necessary skills.
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 « capacité » masculine or feminine?
« capacité » is feminine. You say la capacité.
Is it « le capacité » or « la capacité »?
It is « la capacité ». « le capacité » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.