Is « compagnie » masculine or feminine?

« compagnie » is feminine. You say la compagnie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« compagnie » is feminine. You say la compagnie.

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

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


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