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.

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.


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