Is « collège » masculine or feminine?
« collège » is masculine. You say le collège.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le collège |
| With the indefinite article | un collège |
| With the partitive article | du collège |
Plural
The plural is collèges (les collèges). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
collège ends in
-ège. Nouns ending in
-ège are usually masculine,
so collège follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Mon collège comporte un dortoir.
My college has a dormitory. -
Mon collège comporte des dortoirs.
My college has dormitories. -
Il enseigne dans un collège de filles.
He teaches in a girls' high school.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « collège » masculine or feminine?
« collège » is masculine. You say le collège.
Is it « la collège » or « le collège »?
It is « le collège ». « la collège » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.