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.


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