Is « poème » masculine or feminine?
« poème » is masculine. You say le poème.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le poème |
| With the indefinite article | un poème |
| With the partitive article | du poème |
Plural
The plural is poèmes (les poèmes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
poème ends in
-ème. Nouns ending in
-ème are usually masculine,
so poème follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il relut le poème.
He reread the poem. -
C'était un poème.
This was a poem. -
J'écris des poèmes.
I write poems.
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 « poème » masculine or feminine?
« poème » is masculine. You say le poème.
Is it « la poème » or « le poème »?
It is « le poème ». « la poème » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.