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.

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.


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