Is « incendie » masculine or feminine?
« incendie » is masculine. You say l'incendie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'incendie |
| With the indefinite article | un incendie |
| With the partitive article | de l'incendie |
Plural
The plural is incendies (les incendies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
incendie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so incendie is one of the exceptions: it is
masculine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « incendie » masculine or feminine?
« incendie » is masculine. You say l'incendie.
« l'incendie » hides the gender. Is « incendie » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'incendie » for both genders, but you say un incendie, not une incendie, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.