Is « claque » masculine or feminine?
« claque » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un claque and une claque, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le claque / la claque |
| With the indefinite article | un claque / une claque |
| With the partitive article | du claque / de la claque |
Plural
The plural is claques (les claques). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Pour te dire la vérité, j'en ai ma claque.
To tell you the truth, I'm completely bored. -
J'en ai ma claque.
I have had it. -
J’ai pris mes cliques et mes claques, et je suis retourné vivre chez ma sœur.
I took my stuff and went to live with my sister again.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « claque » masculine or feminine?
« claque » works as both. You will see un claque and une claque, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un claque » or « une claque »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.