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.
In a sentence
-
L'esclavage existe encore.
Slavery still exists. -
Le président a aboli l'esclavage.
The president abolished slavery. -
Lincoln était opposé à l'esclavage.
Lincoln was opposed to slavery.
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 « 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.