Is « demeure » masculine or feminine?
« demeure » is feminine. You say la demeure.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la demeure |
| With the indefinite article | une demeure |
| With the partitive article | de la demeure |
Plural
The plural is demeures (les demeures). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
demeure ends in
-ure. Nouns ending in
-ure are usually feminine,
so demeure follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Mon frère est un demeuré.
My brother is a retard. -
Elle vit dans une demeure plutôt grande.
She lives in quite a big mansion. -
Ma demeure a l'air petite à côté de la sienne.
My house seems small beside his.
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 « demeure » masculine or feminine?
« demeure » is feminine. You say la demeure.
Is it « le demeure » or « la demeure »?
It is « la demeure ». « le demeure » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.