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