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.
In a sentence
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Il a épousé une hôtesse.
He married a stewardess. -
Une hôtesse a été sauvée des débris.
A stewardess was rescued from the wreck. -
Il s'est marié à une hôtesse de l'air.
He married an air hostess.
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 « 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.