Is « corvée » masculine or feminine?
« corvée » is feminine. You say la corvée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la corvée |
| With the indefinite article | une corvée |
| With the partitive article | de la corvée |
Plural
The plural is corvées (les corvées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
corvée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so corvée 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 « corvée » masculine or feminine?
« corvée » is feminine. You say la corvée.
Is it « le corvée » or « la corvée »?
It is « la corvée ». « le corvée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.