Is « passage » masculine or feminine?
« passage » is masculine. You say le passage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le passage |
| With the indefinite article | un passage |
| With the partitive article | du passage |
Plural
The plural is passages (les passages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
passage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so passage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Sors du passage !
Move out of the way. -
Écarte-toi du passage !
Get out of the way. -
Il y a un passage secret.
There's a secret passage.
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 « passage » masculine or feminine?
« passage » is masculine. You say le passage.
Is it « la passage » or « le passage »?
It is « le passage ». « la passage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.