Is « dommage » masculine or feminine?

« dommage » is masculine. You say le dommage.

Article forms

With the definite article le dommage
With the indefinite article un dommage
With the partitive article du dommage

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« dommage » is masculine. You say le dommage.

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

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


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