Is « lycée » masculine or feminine?

« lycée » is masculine. You say le lycée.

Article forms

With the definite article le lycée
With the indefinite article un lycée
With the partitive article du lycée

Plural

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

Why the gender

lycée ends in -ée. Nouns ending in -ée are usually feminine, so lycée is one of the exceptions: it is masculine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « lycée » masculine or feminine?

« lycée » is masculine. You say le lycée.

Is it « la lycée » or « le lycée »?

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


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