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.

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.


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