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.


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