Is « maquillage » masculine or feminine?

« maquillage » is masculine. You say le maquillage.

Article forms

With the definite article le maquillage
With the indefinite article un maquillage
With the partitive article du maquillage

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« maquillage » is masculine. You say le maquillage.

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

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


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