Is « parapluie » masculine or feminine?

« parapluie » is masculine. You say le parapluie.

Article forms

With the definite article le parapluie
With the indefinite article un parapluie
With the partitive article du parapluie

Plural

The plural is parapluies (les parapluies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

parapluie ends in -ie. Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine, so parapluie 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 « parapluie » masculine or feminine?

« parapluie » is masculine. You say le parapluie.

Is it « la parapluie » or « le parapluie »?

It is « le parapluie ». « la parapluie » is incorrect.


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