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