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.

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.