Is « nuage » masculine or feminine?
« nuage » is masculine. You say le nuage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le nuage |
| With the indefinite article | un nuage |
| With the partitive article | du nuage |
Plural
The plural is nuages (les nuages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
nuage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so nuage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il y a des nuages.
It's cloudy. -
Les nuages sont gris.
The clouds are gray. -
Regarde le nuage là-bas.
Look at the cloud over there.
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 « nuage » masculine or feminine?
« nuage » is masculine. You say le nuage.
Is it « la nuage » or « le nuage »?
It is « le nuage ». « la nuage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.