Is « communauté » masculine or feminine?

« communauté » is feminine. You say la communauté.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« communauté » is feminine. You say la communauté.

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

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


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