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