Is « paysage » masculine or feminine?

« paysage » is masculine. You say le paysage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« paysage » is masculine. You say le paysage.

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

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


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