Is « plaisanterie » masculine or feminine?

« plaisanterie » is feminine. You say la plaisanterie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« plaisanterie » is feminine. You say la plaisanterie.

Is it « le plaisanterie » or « la plaisanterie »?

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


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