Is « casquette » masculine or feminine?
« casquette » is feminine. You say la casquette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la casquette |
| With the indefinite article | une casquette |
| With the partitive article | de la casquette |
Plural
The plural is casquettes (les casquettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
casquette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so casquette follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il portait une casquette.
He was wearing a cap. -
Le garçon ajusta sa casquette.
The boy adjusted his cap. -
La casquette a une visière bleue.
The cap has a blue bill.
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 « casquette » masculine or feminine?
« casquette » is feminine. You say la casquette.
Is it « le casquette » or « la casquette »?
It is « la casquette ». « le casquette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.