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.


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