Is « ménage » masculine or feminine?
« ménage » is masculine. You say le ménage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le ménage |
| With the indefinite article | un ménage |
| With the partitive article | du ménage |
Plural
The plural is ménages (les ménages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ménage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so ménage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Je fais le ménage.
I'm cleaning the house. -
Aide-moi à faire le ménage.
Help me clean up. -
Elle s'occupait du ménage.
She was doing the housekeeping.
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 « ménage » masculine or feminine?
« ménage » is masculine. You say le ménage.
Is it « la ménage » or « le ménage »?
It is « le ménage ». « la ménage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.