Is « cassette » masculine or feminine?
« cassette » is feminine. You say la cassette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la cassette |
| With the indefinite article | une cassette |
| With the partitive article | de la cassette |
Plural
The plural is cassettes (les cassettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cassette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so cassette follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J'achète une cassette.
I buy a tape. -
J'achète des cassettes.
I buy tapes. -
Sami a caché les cassettes.
Sami hid the videotapes.
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 « cassette » masculine or feminine?
« cassette » is feminine. You say la cassette.
Is it « le cassette » or « la cassette »?
It is « la cassette ». « le cassette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.