Is « mallette » masculine or feminine?

« mallette » is feminine. You say la mallette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« mallette » is feminine. You say la mallette.

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

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


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