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.
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.