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.

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.


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