Is « fraternité » masculine or feminine?
« fraternité » is feminine. You say la fraternité.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fraternité |
| With the indefinite article | une fraternité |
| With the partitive article | de la fraternité |
Plural
The plural is fraternités (les fraternités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fraternité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so fraternité 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 « fraternité » masculine or feminine?
« fraternité » is feminine. You say la fraternité.
Is it « le fraternité » or « la fraternité »?
It is « la fraternité ». « le fraternité » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.