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.
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.