Is « majesté » masculine or feminine?

« majesté » is feminine. You say la majesté.

Article forms

With the definite article la majesté
With the indefinite article une majesté
With the partitive article de la majesté

Plural

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

Why the gender

majesté ends in -té. Nouns ending in -té are usually feminine, so majesté 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 « majesté » masculine or feminine?

« majesté » is feminine. You say la majesté.

Is it « le majesté » or « la majesté »?

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


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