Is « malade » masculine or feminine?
« malade » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un malade and une malade, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le malade / la malade |
| With the indefinite article | un malade / une malade |
| With the partitive article | du malade / de la malade |
Plural
The plural is malades (les malades). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
malade ends in
-ade. Nouns ending in
-ade are usually feminine,
though malade works as either gender.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Le malade est alité.
The patient is bedbound. -
Es-tu un malade mental ?
Are you mentally ill? -
Le chien renifla le malade.
The dog sniffed the sick.
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 « malade » masculine or feminine?
« malade » works as both. You will see un malade and une malade, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un malade » or « une malade »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.