Is « curiosité » masculine or feminine?
« curiosité » is feminine. You say la curiosité.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la curiosité |
| With the indefinite article | une curiosité |
| With the partitive article | de la curiosité |
Plural
The plural is curiosités (les curiosités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
curiosité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so curiosité follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La curiosité tua le chat.
Curiosity killed the cat. -
J'étais guidé par la curiosité.
I was led by curiosity. -
Il se laissa aller à la curiosité.
Curiosity got the better of him.
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 « curiosité » masculine or feminine?
« curiosité » is feminine. You say la curiosité.
Is it « le curiosité » or « la curiosité »?
It is « la curiosité ». « le curiosité » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.