Is « fumée » masculine or feminine?
« fumée » is feminine. You say la fumée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fumée |
| With the indefinite article | une fumée |
| With the partitive article | de la fumée |
Plural
The plural is fumées (les fumées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fumée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so fumée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Tu sens la fumée ?
Do you smell smoke? -
De la fumée apparut.
Smoke appeared. -
Ça sentait la fumée.
It smelt of smoke.
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 « fumée » masculine or feminine?
« fumée » is feminine. You say la fumée.
Is it « le fumée » or « la fumée »?
It is « la fumée ». « le fumée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.