Is « massage » masculine or feminine?

« massage » is masculine. You say le massage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« massage » is masculine. You say le massage.

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

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


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