Is « plage » masculine or feminine?

« plage » is feminine. You say la plage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

plage ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so plage is one of the exceptions: it is feminine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « plage » masculine or feminine?

« plage » is feminine. You say la plage.

Is it « le plage » or « la plage »?

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


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