Is « lunette » masculine or feminine?

« lunette » is feminine. You say la lunette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« lunette » is feminine. You say la lunette.

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

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


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