Is « cavalerie » masculine or feminine?
« cavalerie » is feminine. You say la cavalerie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la cavalerie |
| With the indefinite article | une cavalerie |
| With the partitive article | de la cavalerie |
Plural
The plural is cavaleries (les cavaleries). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cavalerie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so cavalerie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La cavalerie arrive.
Here comes the cavalry. -
La cavalerie ennemie a traversé la rivière par un gué inconnu.
The enemy cavalry crossed the river by an unknown ford.
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 « cavalerie » masculine or feminine?
« cavalerie » is feminine. You say la cavalerie.
Is it « le cavalerie » or « la cavalerie »?
It is « la cavalerie ». « le cavalerie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.