Is « crème » masculine or feminine?
« crème » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un crème and une crème, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le crème / la crème |
| With the indefinite article | un crème / une crème |
| With the partitive article | du crème / de la crème |
Plural
The plural is crèmes (les crèmes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
crème ends in
-ème. Nouns ending in
-ème are usually masculine,
though crème works as either gender.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Où est la crème fouettée ?
Where's the whipped cream? -
As-tu de la crème solaire ?
Do you have any sunscreen? -
Tom aime la crème glacée.
Tom likes ice cream.
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 « crème » masculine or feminine?
« crème » works as both. You will see un crème and une crème, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un crème » or « une crème »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.