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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.