Is « destinée » masculine or feminine?
« destinée » is feminine. You say la destinée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la destinée |
| With the indefinite article | une destinée |
| With the partitive article | de la destinée |
Plural
The plural is destinées (les destinées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
destinée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so destinée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La souffrance est la destinée des hommes.
It is man's destiny to suffer. -
La destinée de Rome était de conquérir le monde.
Rome's destiny was to conquer the world. -
Croyez-vous que nos destinées soient régies par les étoiles ?
Do you believe our destinies are controlled by the stars?
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 « destinée » masculine or feminine?
« destinée » is feminine. You say la destinée.
Is it « le destinée » or « la destinée »?
It is « la destinée ». « le destinée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.