Is « connerie » masculine or feminine?
« connerie » is feminine. You say la connerie.
In English, « connerie » means bullshit, nonsense; a stupid thing to do (vulgar).
Article forms
| With the definite article | la connerie |
| With the indefinite article | une connerie |
| With the partitive article | de la connerie |
Plural
The plural is conneries (les conneries). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
connerie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so connerie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Des conneries !
Nonsense! -
C'est des conneries !
That's shit! -
Il dit des conneries.
He's whistling through his navel.
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 « connerie » masculine or feminine?
« connerie » is feminine. You say la connerie.
Is it « le connerie » or « la connerie »?
It is « la connerie ». « le connerie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.