Is « génie » masculine or feminine?

« génie » is masculine. You say le génie.

Article forms

With the definite article le génie
With the indefinite article un génie
With the partitive article du génie

Plural

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

Why the gender

génie ends in -ie. Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine, so génie is one of the exceptions: it is masculine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « génie » masculine or feminine?

« génie » is masculine. You say le génie.

Is it « la génie » or « le génie »?

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


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