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.


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