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.
In a sentence
-
J'ai adoré le lycée.
I loved high school. -
Le lycée me manque.
I miss high school. -
J'ai une fille au lycée.
I have a daughter in high school.
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 « 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.