Is « message » masculine or feminine?

« message » is masculine. You say le message.

In English, « message » means message.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

message ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so message follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

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 « message » masculine or feminine?

« message » is masculine. You say le message.

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

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

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