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