Is « lignée » masculine or feminine?
« lignée » is feminine. You say la lignée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la lignée |
| With the indefinite article | une lignée |
| With the partitive article | de la lignée |
Plural
The plural is lignées (les lignées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
lignée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so lignée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Mon cousin est l'avant-dernier de la lignée.
My cousin is the last man but one in the line.
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 « lignée » masculine or feminine?
« lignée » is feminine. You say la lignée.
Is it « le lignée » or « la lignée »?
It is « la lignée ». « le lignée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.