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.

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.


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