Is « marée » masculine or feminine?
« marée » is feminine. You say la marée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la marée |
| With the indefinite article | une marée |
| With the partitive article | de la marée |
Plural
The plural is marées (les marées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
marée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so marée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La marée monte.
The tide is coming in. -
C'est la marée basse.
The tide is on the ebb. -
La marée monte vite.
The tide is rising fast.
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 « marée » masculine or feminine?
« marée » is feminine. You say la marée.
Is it « le marée » or « la marée »?
It is « la marée ». « le marée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.