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.

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.


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