Is « cigarette » masculine or feminine?

« cigarette » is feminine. You say la cigarette.

Article forms

With the definite article la cigarette
With the indefinite article une cigarette
With the partitive article de la cigarette

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« cigarette » is feminine. You say la cigarette.

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

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


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