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.


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