Is « chantage » masculine or feminine?

« chantage » is masculine. You say le chantage.

Article forms

With the definite article le chantage
With the indefinite article un chantage
With the partitive article du chantage

Plural

The plural is chantages (les chantages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

chantage ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so chantage 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 « chantage » masculine or feminine?

« chantage » is masculine. You say le chantage.

Is it « la chantage » or « le chantage »?

It is « le chantage ». « la chantage » is incorrect.


Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.