Is « photographe » masculine or feminine?
« photographe » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un photographe and une photographe, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le photographe / la photographe |
| With the indefinite article | un photographe / une photographe |
| With the partitive article | du photographe / de la photographe |
Plural
The plural is photographes (les photographes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Qui est le photographe ?
Who's the photographer? -
Je suis un photographe amateur.
I'm an amateur photographer. -
Tom est un photographe amateur.
Tom is an amateur photographer.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « photographe » masculine or feminine?
« photographe » works as both. You will see un photographe and une photographe, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un photographe » or « une photographe »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.