Is « confiture » masculine or feminine?
« confiture » is feminine. You say la confiture.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la confiture |
| With the indefinite article | une confiture |
| With the partitive article | de la confiture |
Plural
The plural is confitures (les confitures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
confiture ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so confiture follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Où est la confiture ?
Where is the jam? -
Passez-moi la confiture.
Please pass me the jam. -
Marie fait de la confiture.
Mary is making jam.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « confiture » masculine or feminine?
« confiture » is feminine. You say la confiture.
Is it « le confiture » or « la confiture »?
It is « la confiture ». « le confiture » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.