Is « parking » masculine or feminine?

« parking » is masculine. You say le parking.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« parking » is masculine. You say le parking.

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

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


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