Is « pitié » masculine or feminine?

« pitié » is feminine. You say la pitié.

Article forms

With the definite article la pitié
With the indefinite article une pitié
With the partitive article de la pitié

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« pitié » is feminine. You say la pitié.

Is it « le pitié » or « la pitié »?

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


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