Is « orage » masculine or feminine?
« orage » is masculine. You say l'orage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'orage |
| With the indefinite article | un orage |
| With the partitive article | de l'orage |
Plural
The plural is orages (les orages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
orage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so orage 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 « orage » masculine or feminine?
« orage » is masculine. You say l'orage.
« l'orage » hides the gender. Is « orage » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'orage » for both genders, but you say un orage, not une orage, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.