Is « librairie » masculine or feminine?

« librairie » is feminine. You say la librairie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« librairie » is feminine. You say la librairie.

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

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


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