Is « fée » masculine or feminine?
« fée » is feminine. You say la fée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fée |
| With the indefinite article | une fée |
| With the partitive article | de la fée |
Plural
The plural is fées (les fées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so fée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La fée a changé le prince en chat.
The fairy changed the prince into a cat. -
Les fées dansèrent au clair de lune.
The fairies danced in the moonlight. -
La fée des dents veut te voler les dents.
The tooth fairy wants to steal your teeth.
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 « fée » masculine or feminine?
« fée » is feminine. You say la fée.
Is it « le fée » or « la fée »?
It is « la fée ». « le fée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.