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.
In a sentence
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C'est une plaisanterie.
It's a joke. -
J'adore les plaisanteries.
I love jokes. -
Tom a tenté une plaisanterie.
Tom cracked a joke.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.