Is « matinée » masculine or feminine?
« matinée » is feminine. You say la matinée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la matinée |
| With the indefinite article | une matinée |
| With the partitive article | de la matinée |
Plural
The plural is matinées (les matinées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
matinée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so matinée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai eu une matinée chargée.
I had a busy morning. -
J'ai pleuré toute la matinée.
I cried all morning. -
Tom a pleuré toute la matinée.
Tom cried all morning.
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 « matinée » masculine or feminine?
« matinée » is feminine. You say la matinée.
Is it « le matinée » or « la matinée »?
It is « la matinée ». « le matinée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.