Is « poupée » masculine or feminine?
« poupée » is feminine. You say la poupée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la poupée |
| With the indefinite article | une poupée |
| With the partitive article | de la poupée |
Plural
The plural is poupées (les poupées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
poupée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so poupée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
C'est une poupée.
It's a doll. -
Elle joue à la poupée.
She is playing with a doll. -
Donne-lui une poupée !
Give her a doll.
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 « poupée » masculine or feminine?
« poupée » is feminine. You say la poupée.
Is it « le poupée » or « la poupée »?
It is « la poupée ». « le poupée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.