Is « pharmacie » masculine or feminine?
« pharmacie » is feminine. You say la pharmacie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la pharmacie |
| With the indefinite article | une pharmacie |
| With the partitive article | de la pharmacie |
Plural
The plural is pharmacies (les pharmacies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
pharmacie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so pharmacie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Où est la pharmacie ?
Where's the pharmacy? -
J'appellerai la pharmacie.
I'll call the pharmacy. -
Il étudiait la pharmacie.
He was studying Pharmacy.
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 « pharmacie » masculine or feminine?
« pharmacie » is feminine. You say la pharmacie.
Is it « le pharmacie » or « la pharmacie »?
It is « la pharmacie ». « le pharmacie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.