Is « comédie » masculine or feminine?

« comédie » is feminine. You say la comédie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« comédie » is feminine. You say la comédie.

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

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


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