Is « paie » masculine or feminine?
« paie » is feminine. You say la paie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la paie |
| With the indefinite article | une paie |
| With the partitive article | de la paie |
Plural
The plural is paies (les paies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
paie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so paie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La paie est maigre.
The pay is meager. -
Qui casse les verres les paie.
You break it, you buy it. -
Le mois n'est pas terminé à la fin de ma paie.
Have more month left over at the end of the money.
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 « paie » masculine or feminine?
« paie » is feminine. You say la paie.
Is it « le paie » or « la paie »?
It is « la paie ». « le paie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.