Is « identité » masculine or feminine?
« identité » is feminine. You say l'identité.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'identité |
| With the indefinite article | une identité |
| With the partitive article | de l'identité |
Plural
The plural is identités (les identités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
identité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so identité follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'identité du meurtrier reste inconnue.
The killer's identity is still unknown. -
J'ai découvert l'identité de la victime.
I've discovered the victim's identity. -
Le guide touristique a volé mon identité.
The tour guide stole my identity.
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 « identité » masculine or feminine?
« identité » is feminine. You say l'identité.
« l'identité » hides the gender. Is « identité » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'identité » for both genders, but you say une identité, not un identité, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.