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.
In a sentence
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Tom possède une galerie à Boston.
Tom owns a gallery in Boston. -
Puis-je visiter une galerie d'art ?
May I visit an art gallery? -
J'ai été à la galerie commerciale.
I've been to the mall.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.