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.
In a sentence
-
C'est un langage étrange.
It's a weird language. -
C'est un langage compliqué.
It's a complicated language. -
L'anglais est un langage mondial.
English is a world language.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.