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.
In a sentence
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Vous êtes une mauviette.
You are a moron. -
C'est pas pour les mauviettes !
Not for the faint-hearted! -
Ce n'est pas pour les mauviettes.
It's not for the faint of heart.
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 « 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.