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.

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.


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