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