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