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.
In a sentence
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Elle est inaccessible à la pitié.
She is dead to pity. -
Sainte Anne a imploré la pitié.
Santa Ana begged for mercy. -
Ne confonds jamais la pitié avec l'amour.
Never confuse pity with love.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.