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.
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.