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