Is « cheminée » masculine or feminine?
« cheminée » is feminine. You say la cheminée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la cheminée |
| With the indefinite article | une cheminée |
| With the partitive article | de la cheminée |
Plural
The plural is cheminées (les cheminées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cheminée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so cheminée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom fume comme une cheminée.
Tom smokes like a chimney. -
La fumée montait par la cheminée.
The smoke went upward through the chimney. -
La cheminée est faite de brique.
The chimney is made of brick.
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 « cheminée » masculine or feminine?
« cheminée » is feminine. You say la cheminée.
Is it « le cheminée » or « la cheminée »?
It is « la cheminée ». « le cheminée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.