Is « piège » masculine or feminine?

« piège » is masculine. You say le piège.

Article forms

With the definite article le piège
With the indefinite article un piège
With the partitive article du piège

Plural

The plural is pièges (les pièges). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

piège ends in -ège. Nouns ending in -ège are usually masculine, so piège 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 « piège » masculine or feminine?

« piège » is masculine. You say le piège.

Is it « la piège » or « le piège »?

It is « le piège ». « la piège » is incorrect.


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