Is « cascade » masculine or feminine?
« cascade » is feminine. You say la cascade.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la cascade |
| With the indefinite article | une cascade |
| With the partitive article | de la cascade |
Plural
The plural is cascades (les cascades). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cascade ends in
-ade. Nouns ending in
-ade are usually feminine,
so cascade follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La cascade faisait beaucoup de bruit.
The waterfall made a lot of noise. -
Une cascade de rires a fusé dans la salle.
Laughter filled the room. -
Je pense que ce sentier mène à la cascade.
I think this trail leads to the waterfall.
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 « cascade » masculine or feminine?
« cascade » is feminine. You say la cascade.
Is it « le cascade » or « la cascade »?
It is « la cascade ». « le cascade » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.