Is « fourchette » masculine or feminine?
« fourchette » is feminine. You say la fourchette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fourchette |
| With the indefinite article | une fourchette |
| With the partitive article | de la fourchette |
Plural
The plural is fourchettes (les fourchettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fourchette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so fourchette follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
C'est une fourchette.
This is a fork. -
Il y a une fourchette.
There is a fork. -
La fourchette est sale.
The fork is dirty.
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 « fourchette » masculine or feminine?
« fourchette » is feminine. You say la fourchette.
Is it « le fourchette » or « la fourchette »?
It is « la fourchette ». « le fourchette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.