Is « chômage » masculine or feminine?
« chômage » is masculine. You say le chômage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le chômage |
| With the indefinite article | un chômage |
| With the partitive article | du chômage |
Plural
The plural is chômages (les chômages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
chômage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so chômage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le chômage est élevé.
Unemployment is high. -
Le chômage augmente.
Unemployment is rising. -
Le chômage est très faible.
Unemployment is very low.
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 « chômage » masculine or feminine?
« chômage » is masculine. You say le chômage.
Is it « la chômage » or « le chômage »?
It is « le chômage ». « la chômage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.