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.
In a sentence
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Tu devrais prendre la navette.
You should take the shuttle bus. -
Tom fait la navette à l'école en vélo.
Tom commutes to school by bicycle. -
À quelle heure part la navette pour l'aéroport ?
What time does the shuttle bus leave for the airport?
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 « 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.