Is « miette » masculine or feminine?
« miette » is feminine. You say la miette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la miette |
| With the indefinite article | une miette |
| With the partitive article | de la miette |
Plural
The plural is miettes (les miettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
miette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so miette follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il y a une miette dans sa barbe.
There is a crumb in his beard. -
Les oiseaux ont mangé les miettes de pain.
The birds ate the bread crumbs. -
Il ne restait que des miettes dans la boîte.
There were only crumbs left in the box.
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 « miette » masculine or feminine?
« miette » is feminine. You say la miette.
Is it « le miette » or « la miette »?
It is « la miette ». « le miette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.