Is « festival » masculine or feminine?
« festival » is masculine. You say le festival.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le festival |
| With the indefinite article | un festival |
| With the partitive article | du festival |
Plural
The plural is festivals (les festivals). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
festival ends in
-al. Nouns ending in
-al are usually masculine,
so festival follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le festival est gratuit.
The festival is free. -
Ils ont annulé le festival.
They canceled the festival. -
Le festival commencera demain.
The festival will start tomorrow.
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 « festival » masculine or feminine?
« festival » is masculine. You say le festival.
Is it « la festival » or « le festival »?
It is « le festival ». « la festival » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.