Is « hommage » masculine or feminine?
« hommage » is masculine. You say l'hommage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'hommage |
| With the indefinite article | un hommage |
| With the partitive article | de l'hommage |
Plural
The plural is hommages (les hommages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
hommage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so hommage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend à la vertu.
Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue. -
Cet hommage était excessif.
That toast was over the top.
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 « hommage » masculine or feminine?
« hommage » is masculine. You say l'hommage.
« l'hommage » hides the gender. Is « hommage » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'hommage » for both genders, but you say un hommage, not une hommage, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.