Is « industrie » masculine or feminine?
« industrie » is feminine. You say l'industrie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'industrie |
| With the indefinite article | une industrie |
| With the partitive article | de l'industrie |
Plural
The plural is industries (les industries). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
industrie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so industrie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Ils étudient l'industrie.
They study industry. -
Le cinéma est une industrie.
The cinema is an industry. -
L'industrie a besoin d'acier.
Industry needs steel.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « industrie » masculine or feminine?
« industrie » is feminine. You say l'industrie.
« l'industrie » hides the gender. Is « industrie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'industrie » for both genders, but you say une industrie, not un industrie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.