Is « langage » masculine or feminine?

« langage » is masculine. You say le langage.

Article forms

With the definite article le langage
With the indefinite article un langage
With the partitive article du langage

Plural

The plural is langages (les langages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

langage ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so langage 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 « langage » masculine or feminine?

« langage » is masculine. You say le langage.

Is it « la langage » or « le langage »?

It is « le langage ». « la langage » is incorrect.


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