Is « pensée » masculine or feminine?
« pensée » is feminine. You say la pensée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la pensée |
| With the indefinite article | une pensée |
| With the partitive article | de la pensée |
Plural
The plural is pensées (les pensées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
pensée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so pensée 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 « pensée » masculine or feminine?
« pensée » is feminine. You say la pensée.
Is it « le pensée » or « la pensée »?
It is « la pensée ». « le pensée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.