Is « musée » masculine or feminine?
« musée » is masculine. You say le musée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le musée |
| With the indefinite article | un musée |
| With the partitive article | du musée |
Plural
The plural is musées (les musées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
musée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so musée is one of the exceptions: it is
masculine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « musée » masculine or feminine?
« musée » is masculine. You say le musée.
Is it « la musée » or « le musée »?
It is « le musée ». « la musée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.