Is « pâté » masculine or feminine?
« pâté » is masculine. You say le pâté.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le pâté |
| With the indefinite article | un pâté |
| With the partitive article | du pâté |
Plural
The plural is pâtés (les pâtés). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
pâté ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so pâté is one of the exceptions: it is
masculine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « pâté » masculine or feminine?
« pâté » is masculine. You say le pâté.
Is it « la pâté » or « le pâté »?
It is « le pâté ». « la pâté » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.