Is « mauviette » masculine or feminine?
« mauviette » is feminine. You say la mauviette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la mauviette |
| With the indefinite article | une mauviette |
| With the partitive article | de la mauviette |
Plural
The plural is mauviettes (les mauviettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
mauviette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so mauviette 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 « mauviette » masculine or feminine?
« mauviette » is feminine. You say la mauviette.
Is it « le mauviette » or « la mauviette »?
It is « la mauviette ». « le mauviette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.