Is « entrée » masculine or feminine?
« entrée » is feminine. You say l'entrée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'entrée |
| With the indefinite article | une entrée |
| With the partitive article | de l'entrée |
Plural
The plural is entrées (les entrées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
entrée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so entrée 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 « entrée » masculine or feminine?
« entrée » is feminine. You say l'entrée.
« l'entrée » hides the gender. Is « entrée » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'entrée » for both genders, but you say une entrée, not un entrée, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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