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.

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.


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