Is « majorité » masculine or feminine?
« majorité » is feminine. You say la majorité.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la majorité |
| With the indefinite article | une majorité |
| With the partitive article | de la majorité |
Plural
The plural is majorités (les majorités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
majorité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so majorité follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Ils avaient la majorité au Parlement.
They had the majority in Parliament. -
La majorité des gens m'appellent Tom.
Most people call me Tom. -
La majorité a fait passer sa loi fiscale.
The ruling party pushed its tax bill through.
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 « majorité » masculine or feminine?
« majorité » is feminine. You say la majorité.
Is it « le majorité » or « la majorité »?
It is « la majorité ». « le majorité » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.