Is « fusillade » masculine or feminine?

« fusillade » is feminine. You say la fusillade.

Article forms

With the definite article la fusillade
With the indefinite article une fusillade
With the partitive article de la fusillade

Plural

The plural is fusillades (les fusillades). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

fusillade ends in -ade. Nouns ending in -ade are usually feminine, so fusillade 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 « fusillade » masculine or feminine?

« fusillade » is feminine. You say la fusillade.

Is it « le fusillade » or « la fusillade »?

It is « la fusillade ». « le fusillade » is incorrect.


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