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.
In a sentence
-
C'est un piège.
It's a trap! -
Il y a un piège.
There's a catch. -
Ceci est un piège.
This is a trap.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.