Is « liberté » masculine or feminine?

« liberté » is feminine. You say la liberté.

Article forms

With the definite article la liberté
With the indefinite article une liberté
With the partitive article de la liberté

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« liberté » is feminine. You say la liberté.

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

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


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