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.

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.


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