Is « maladie » masculine or feminine?

« maladie » is feminine. You say la maladie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« maladie » is feminine. You say la maladie.

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

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


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