Is « galerie » masculine or feminine?

« galerie » is feminine. You say la galerie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« galerie » is feminine. You say la galerie.

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

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


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