Is « hôtesse » masculine or feminine?
« hôtesse » is feminine. You say l'hôtesse.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'hôtesse |
| With the indefinite article | une hôtesse |
| With the partitive article | de l'hôtesse |
Plural
The plural is hôtesses (les hôtesses). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
hôtesse ends in
-esse. Nouns ending in
-esse are usually feminine,
so hôtesse 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 « hôtesse » masculine or feminine?
« hôtesse » is feminine. You say l'hôtesse.
« l'hôtesse » hides the gender. Is « hôtesse » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'hôtesse » for both genders, but you say une hôtesse, not un hôtesse, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.