Is « dignité » masculine or feminine?

« dignité » is feminine. You say la dignité.

Article forms

With the definite article la dignité
With the indefinite article une dignité
With the partitive article de la dignité

Plural

The plural is dignités (les dignités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

dignité ends in -té. Nouns ending in -té are usually feminine, so dignité 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 « dignité » masculine or feminine?

« dignité » is feminine. You say la dignité.

Is it « le dignité » or « la dignité »?

It is « la dignité ». « le dignité » is incorrect.


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