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