Is « personnage » masculine or feminine?
« personnage » is masculine. You say le personnage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le personnage |
| With the indefinite article | un personnage |
| With the partitive article | du personnage |
Plural
The plural is personnages (les personnages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
personnage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so personnage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom est le personnage principal.
Tom is the main character. -
Tom est un personnage très controversé.
Tom is a very controversial figure. -
Le Père Noël est un personnage fictif.
Santa Claus is a fictional character.
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 « personnage » masculine or feminine?
« personnage » is masculine. You say le personnage.
Is it « la personnage » or « le personnage »?
It is « le personnage ». « la personnage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.