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.


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