Is « garage » masculine or feminine?

« garage » is masculine. You say le garage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« garage » is masculine. You say le garage.

Is it « la garage » or « le garage »?

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


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